CVE Record
[ HIGH ]CVE-2017-0199
Microsoft Office and WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office and WordPad contain an unspecified vulnerability due to the way the applications parse specially crafted files. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Office and WordPad
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 99.9%
- Status
- kevransomware use
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Microsoft Office and WordPad contain an unspecified vulnerability due to the way the applications parse specially crafted files. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-05-03.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.