Rule Category

FILE-OFFICE -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in files belonging to the Microsoft Office suite of software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Access, Outlook, etc.).

Alert Message

FILE-OFFICE Microsoft Office Excel malformed CellXF memory corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability." Impact: CVSS base score 4.7 CVSS impact score 3.6 CVSS exploitability score 1.0 confidentialityImpact HIGH integrityImpact NONE availabilityImpact NONE Details: Ease of Attack:

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

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CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2017-0027
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