CVE-2017-8508 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when it improperly handles the parsing of file formats, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

Published: 2017-06-15

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 4.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Microsoft Outlook 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Outlook 2013 RT Service Pack 1, Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Outlook 2016.`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2016:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04193.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98828
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8508

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Outlook

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-06-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:41:22.280Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8508

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-15T01:29:03.787

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:26:29.363

Link: CVE-2017-8508

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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