⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-03. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2017-11774Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Corporation Microsoft Outlook

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
84.6%
top 0.66%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2021-11-03
Due 2022-05-03
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedOct 13
KEV addedNov 3
KEV dueMay 3
Latest updateMay 13
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2010 SP2, Outlook 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, and Outlook 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands, due to how Microsoft Office handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDmicrosoft/outlook2010, 2013, 2016+2
CVEListV5microsoft_corporation/microsoft_outlookMicrosoft Outlook 2010 SP2, Outlook 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, Outlook 2016+2

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9cq3-gr97-qxf7: Microsoft Outlook 2010 SP2, Outlook 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, and Outlook 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands, due to how Microsoft Office2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2017-11774: Microsoft Outlook 2010 SP2, Outlook 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, and Outlook 2016 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands, due to how Microsoft Office2017-10-13
VulnCheck
Microsoft Office Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability2017

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Microsoft Office Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability2021-11-03
Microsoft
Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability2017-10-10

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Qualys
Unpacking the CVEs in the FireEye Breach – Start Here First2021-02-01
Qualys
Unpacking the CVEs in the FireEye Breach - Start Here First | Qualys2021-02-01
CVE-2017-11774 — HIGH severity | cvebase