# CVE-2017-0199

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."

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2017-0199
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 99.50% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 23 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2017-04-13)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Published: 2017-04-12

## Affected versions

- Microsoft Corporation Office/WordPad: affected 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, and Windows 8.1

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97498
- [other] https://blog.nviso.be/2017/04/12/analysis-of-a-cve-2017-0199-malicious-rtf-document/
- [other] http://rewtin.blogspot.nl/2017/04/cve-2017-0199-practical-exploitation-poc.html
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41894/
- [other] https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/04/cve-2017-0199_useda.html
- [other] https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0199
- [other] https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
- [other] https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/04/exploiting-cve-2017-0199-hta-handler-vulnerability/
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41934/
- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42995/
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038224
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0199

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