THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-8682
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-8682

Office 2007 vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
49.8%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Windows graphics on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 , and Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 allows an attacker to execute remote code by the way it handles embedded fonts, aka "Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8683.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office 2007
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2017-09-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 49.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-8682

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office 2007 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-8682.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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