CVE-2017-0199
Microsoft Office and WordPad: Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2017-0199 in Microsoft Office and WordPad is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's description
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."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 12 April 2017
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 41894).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 41934).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 42995).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Microsoft Office Word Malicious Hta Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Office Word - '.RTF' Malicious HTA Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 41934, verified by Exploit-DB, 25 April 2017
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Excel - OLE Arbitrary Code ExecutionEDB-ID 42995, 30 September 2017
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Word - '.RTF' Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 41894, 18 April 2017
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org