CVE-2017-0261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, and Office 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-2017-0262 and CVE-2017-0281.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 3, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.92068.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Office

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98104
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038444
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0261

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.92255}`	epss `{'score': 0.92298}`

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.93027}`	epss `{'score': 0.92255}`

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-05-12T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:28.213Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0261

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:55:19.147Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-12T14:29:04.987

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-0261

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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