Microsoft Word/SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 Document memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Word and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. This affects an unknown function of the component Document Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-0003. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Word and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (Word Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Word 2016 and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 01/10/2017. The weakness was published 01/10/2017 with FortiGuard Labs as MS17-002 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0003 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96391 (MS17-002: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3214291)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110293 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS17-002)).

Applying the patch MS17-002 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96391) and SecurityFocus (BID 95287†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 96391
Nessus Name: MS17-002: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3214291)
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OpenVAS ID: 801677
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3214291)
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Patch: MS17-002

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-002
Organization: FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-0003 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0003
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95125

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SecurityFocus: 95287 - Microsoft Office CVE-2017-0003 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0003 - MS17-002 - Microsoft - Office - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037568

Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2017 09:37
Updated: 04/20/2025 14:23
Changes: 01/11/2017 09:37 (69), 07/19/2020 06:57 (6), 10/28/2022 08:37 (3), 10/28/2022 08:40 (11), 04/20/2025 14:23 (15)
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