VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2017-8570
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 89.9%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 25 August 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0243.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 89.89% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 February 2022 · due 25 August 2022
- Affected
- microsoft/office
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8570
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99445Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ParsingTeam/ppsx-file-generatorExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-8570Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tezukanice/Office8570Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8570Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99445Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ParsingTeam/ppsx-file-generatorExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-8570Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tezukanice/Office8570Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8570Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8570US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.