CVE-2017-8571High

Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published
July 27, 2017
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-8571 →

📋 Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands. In a file-sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file designed to exploit the vulnerability, and then convince a user to open the document file and interact with the document by clicking a specific cell. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office handles input.

🎯 Affected products14

  • Microsoft Office 2010 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Outlook 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2016 (64-bit edition)

✅ Remediation

KBClick to Run (Security Update) KB3213643 (Security Update) KB2956078 (Security Update) KB4011078 (Security Update) KB4011052 (Security Update)

🔗 References (8)