Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8501 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

Affected Applications

Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2016 x64
Microsoft Excel 2016 x86
Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office Online Server 2016
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013
Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac

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