Microsoft Office 2016 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (KB3203474)
🗓️ 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the Microsoft Office software package arises from improper handling of objects in memory, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. | 26 Oct 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-27432) | 13 Sep 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-8630 | 13 Sep 201701:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-8630 | 13 Sep 201701:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Description of the security update for Office 2016: September 12, 2017 (KB3203474) | 12 Sep 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| KLA11100 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office | 12 Sep 201700:00 | – | kaspersky | |
| Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 12 Sep 201707:00 | – | mscve | |
| CVE-2017-8630 | 13 Sep 201701:29 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2017-8630 | 13 Sep 201701:29 | – | osv | |
| Remote code execution | 13 Sep 201701:29 | – | prion |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/100732 |
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3203474 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811667");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8630");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-09-21 16:10:00 +0000 (Thu, 21 Sep 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-09-13 09:18:23 +0530 (Wed, 13 Sep 2017)");
script_name("Microsoft Office 2016 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (KB3203474)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft KB3203474");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error in
Microsoft Office software when it fails to properly handle objects in
memory.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an
attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially
crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office 2016.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3203474");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100732");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/Ver");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
officeVer = get_kb_item("MS/Office/Ver");
if(!officeVer){
exit(0);
}
# Office 2016
if(officeVer =~ "^16\.")
{
comPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Access\InstallRoot",
item:"Path");
if(comPath)
{
ortVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:comPath, file_name:"Oart.dll");
if(ortVer)
{
if(version_in_range(version:ortVer, test_version:"16", test_version2:"16.0.4588.0999"))
{
report = 'File checked: ' + comPath + "\Oart.dll" + '\n' +
'File version: ' + ortVer + '\n' +
'Vulnerable range: 16.0 - 16.0.4588.0999 \n' ;
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
}
}
exit(0);
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