Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-02-10
• EPSS: 81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

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-2017-0261 and CVE-2017-0281.

CISA: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 10 Aug 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on portal.msrc.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• www.securityfocus.com/bid/98279Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0262PatchVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource