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Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-0281: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-0281: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/12/2017
Created
06/27/2023
Added
06/20/2023
Modified
06/20/2023

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Office 2016, Office Online Server 2016, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2,Office Web Apps 2013 SP1, Project Server 2013 SP1, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 SP1, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint Foundation 2013 SP1, Sharepoint Server 2010 SP2, Word 2016, and Skype for Business 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0261 and CVE-2017-0262.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-office_2016-kb3191863
  • microsoft-office_2016-kb3191881
  • microsoft-skype_for_business_2016-kb3191858
  • microsoft-word_2016-kb3191865

References

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