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CVE-2017-8570

CVE-2017-8570

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 89.9%● KEV
In short

Microsoft Office has a flaw in how it manages data in memory that allows attackers to run malicious code on your computer by sending you a specially crafted file. This is dangerous because it can give attackers complete control of your system.

Technical detail

A memory handling vulnerability in Microsoft Office enables remote code execution when processing specially crafted documents. The attack vector is user interaction (opening a malicious file), with no additional privileges required. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution in the context of the affected Office application.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Microsoft Office allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way that it handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0243.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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