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CVE-2017-11882

Microsoft Office

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

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Severity
CVSS 7.8 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
99.9%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2017-11882 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1,...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is 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.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Microsoft Office

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.

Vendor Product Affected Status
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 Affected
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Published
15 Nov 2017
Exploitation Reported
03 Nov 2021
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

cisa microsoft malware ransomware metasploit

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 03 Nov 2021

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Used in malware

CISA

Recorded 03 Nov 2021

Malware families have been linked to exploitation of this CVE.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 20 Nov 2017

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2021-11-03 00:00 UTC
Tenable Blog 2026-06-02 14:20 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Virtual patch status

No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/office_ms17_11882.rb 28 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

99.9%

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer CWE-119

Recent mention · Tenable Blog

Inside the customer environment: Where threat actors, vulnerabilities, and exposed assets intersect

Tenable Research has developed a graph-based model linking 600+ threat groups to real-world customer exposures. It reveals which vulnerabilities sit at the intersection of severity, active exploitation, and organizational risk.Key takeawaysThe "patch everything" strategy is...

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All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 9.3 High

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

xdrake1010/CVE-2017-11882-Preventer

github · Created 2025-03-11 16:47:04 UTC · 0 stars

CVE-2017-11882 Preventer for .docx files

yaseenibnakhtar/001-Malware-Analysis-CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2024-12-26 06:23:27 UTC · 0 stars

Malware Analysis CVE-2017-11882

n18dcat053-luuvannga/DetectPacket-CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2023-05-15 08:47:31 UTC · 0 stars

Sunqiz/CVE-2017-11882-reproduction

github · Created 2022-08-15 07:09:23 UTC · 1 stars

CVE-2017-11882复现

tzwlhack/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2022-03-18 05:38:39 UTC · 1 stars

lisinan988/CVE-2017-11882-exp

github · Created 2021-11-25 05:03:46 UTC · 0 stars

ActorExpose/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2020-12-03 15:00:27 UTC · 0 stars

HaoJame/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2020-11-10 04:13:53 UTC · 0 stars

ekgg/Overflow-Demo-CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2020-01-08 16:27:18 UTC · 2 stars

Simple Overflow demo, like CVE-2017-11882 exp

littlebin404/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2019-08-14 11:55:00 UTC · 4 stars

CVE-2017-11882（通杀Office 2003到2016）

chanbin/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2018-12-10 11:15:15 UTC · 0 stars

Microsoft Equation 3.0/Convert python2 to python3

j0lama/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2018-10-23 07:44:39 UTC · 0 stars

qy1202/https-github.com-Ridter-CVE-2017-11882-

github · Created 2018-06-28 12:35:53 UTC · 0 stars

ChaitanyaHaritash/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2018-05-04 17:50:57 UTC · 2 stars

Empire Port of CVE-2017-11882

herbiezimmerman/CVE-2017-11882-Possible-Remcos-Malspam

github · Created 2018-04-23 03:07:25 UTC · 0 stars

likekabin/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2018-01-16 05:47:47 UTC · 0 stars

Shadowshusky/CVE-2017-11882-

github · Created 2017-11-27 01:50:44 UTC · 2 stars

legendsec/CVE-2017-11882-for-Kali

github · Created 2017-11-24 07:11:13 UTC · 0 stars

# CVE-2017-11882-metasploit This is a Metasploit module which exploits CVE-2017-11882 using the POC below: https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about. ## Installation 1) Copy the cve_2017_11882.rb to /usr/share/metasploit-framework/modules/exploits/windows/local/ 2) Copy the cve-2017-11882.rtf to /usr/share/metasploit-framework/data/exploits/ This module is a quick port to Metasploit and uses mshta.exe to execute the payload. There are better ways to implement this module and exploit but will update it as soon as I have the time.

Grey-Li/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2017-11-22 04:53:44 UTC · 0 stars

starnightcyber/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2017-11-22 01:11:39 UTC · 43 stars

CVE-2017-11882 exploitation

0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit

github · Created 2017-11-21 18:17:28 UTC · 99 stars

This is a Metasploit module which exploits CVE-2017-11882 using the POC released here : https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about.

rip1s/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2017-11-21 15:22:41 UTC · 329 stars

CVE-2017-11882 Exploit accepts over 17k bytes long command/code in maximum.

Ridter/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2017-11-21 05:55:53 UTC · 541 stars

CVE-2017-11882 from https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882

embedi/CVE-2017-11882

github · Created 2017-11-20 16:35:30 UTC · 495 stars

Proof-of-Concept exploits for CVE-2017-11882

office_ms17_11882

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2017-11882

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. KEV confirmed by Tenable Blog

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  3. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. First public exploitation report

    Exploit observed in malware

  5. Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  6. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  7. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2017-11882",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.8,
  "epss_score": 0.99945,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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