Microsoft · Office and WordPad
CVE-2017-0199
Microsoft Office and WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
What it is
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API."
CISA: Microsoft Office and WordPad contain an unspecified vulnerability due to the way the applications parse specially crafted files. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: May 3, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- November 3, 2021
- Published
- April 12, 2017
- Severity
- High 7.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 99.5% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (11)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97498
- https://blog.nviso.be/2017/04/12/analysis-of-a-cve-2017-0199-malicious-rtf-document/
- http://rewtin.blogspot.nl/2017/04/cve-2017-0199-practical-exploitation-poc.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41894/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/04/cve-2017-0199_useda.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0199
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
- https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/04/exploiting-cve-2017-0199-hta-handler-vulnerability/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41934/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42995/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038224
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Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.