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CVE-2017-0199

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office...

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

99.5%Up 4.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API."

Record
CVE-2017-0199
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.8

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API."

Record
CVE-2017-0199
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0566 7.8

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API."

Record
EUVD-2017-0566
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrf9-75pc-cjmm 7.8

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office...

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office/WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability w/Windows API."

Record
GHSA-mrf9-75pc-cjmm
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score

Microsoft Office and WordPad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Office and WordPad contain an unspecified vulnerability due to the way the applications parse specially crafted files. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.

Record
CVE-2017-0199
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubSyFi/cve-2017-01992017-04-13
PoC in GitHubryhanson/CVE-2017-01992017-04-13
MetasploitMicrosoft Office Word Malicious Hta Execution2017-04-14
PoC in GitHubbhdresh/CVE-2017-01992017-04-17
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Word - '.RTF' Remote Code Execution2017-04-18
PoC in GitHubNotAwful/CVE-2017-0199-Fix2017-04-18
PoC in GitHubhaibara3839/CVE-2017-0199-master2017-04-19
PoC in GitHubExploit-install/CVE-2017-01992017-04-22
PoC in GitHubmzakyz666/PoC-CVE-2017-01992017-04-22
PoC in GitHubn1shant-sinha/CVE-2017-01992017-04-23
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Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubkn0wm4d/htattack2017-04-24
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Office Word - '.RTF' Malicious HTA Execution (Metasploit)2017-04-25
PoC in GitHubsUbc0ol/Microsoft-Word-CVE-2017-0199-2017-06-30
PoC in GitHubviethdgit/CVE-2017-01992017-09-19
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Excel - OLE Arbitrary Code Execution2017-09-30
PoC in GitHubnicpenning/RTF-Cleaner2017-11-03
PoC in GitHubherbiezimmerman/2017-11-17-Maldoc-Using-CVE-2017-01992017-11-17
PoC in GitHubjacobsoo/RTF-Cleaner2017-12-08
PoC in GitHublikekabin/CVE-2017-01992018-03-22
PoC in GitHubstealth-ronin/CVE-2017-0199-PY-KIT2020-10-18
PoC in GitHubPhantomlancer123/CVE-2017-01992022-04-20
PoC in GitHubBRAINIAC22/CVE-2017-01992022-04-22
PoC in GitHubSunqiz/CVE-2017-0199-reprofuction2022-08-15
PoC in GitHubTheCyberWatchers/CVE-2017-0199-v5.02023-09-02
PoC in GitHubkash-123/CVE-2017-01992024-09-10
PoC in GitHubahmed-tarek22752/security-vulnerability-in-Microsoft-Office.2025-11-23
PoC in GitHubBlackOclock/XLS-to-DBatLoader-or-GuLoader-for-AgentTesla-variant2026-03-12

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
exploitation
exploits
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-0199 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Office, published April 12, 2017. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since November 3, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since November 3, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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