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ThreatList: Microsoft Macros Remain Top Vector for Malware Delivery
2018-09-13 19:26

The second-most popular delivery method is CVE-2017-11882, a patched Microsoft vulnerability that allows the attacker to perform arbitrary code-execution.


News URL

https://threatpost.com/threatlist-microsoft-macros-remain-top-vector-for-malware-delivery/137428/

Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2017-11-15 CVE-2017-11882 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
local
low complexity
microsoft CWE-119
7.8

Related vendor

VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Microsoft 365 50 1369 2819 161 4399