CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-11825

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user, due to how Microsoft Office handles files in memory.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to remote code execution, posing a serious threat to user data security and organizational systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Microsoft Office to the latest version to patch this vulnerability and implement appropriate security measures to protect against potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user, due to how Microsoft Office handles files in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS