# CVE-2017-11882: Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2021-11-03, remediation due 2022-05-03
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Published: 2017-11-15 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Microsoft Office suites, including the 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 releases, are affected by this flaw. An attacker could exploit it to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Office 2016

## Description

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11884.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882
- https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882
- http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882
- https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html
- https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/

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