CVE-2017-11877
What it is
Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1, Microsoft Excel 2016, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3, Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac allow a security feature bypass by not enforcing macro settings on an Excel document, aka "Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 4.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 4.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 4.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microsoft Excel 2007
- Microsoft Excel 2010
- Microsoft Excel 2013
- Microsoft Excel 2016
- Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11877
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11877
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101747
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11877
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101747
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11877