What happened
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.
Affected versions
Office and WordPad: See original advisory Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
This source correlation may provide earlier visibility while structured CVE metadata is still being updated.
Detection & mitigation
- Review the original advisory and validate affected versions.
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations when available.
Public PoC references
RepositoryAuthorFirst seenReference
Exploit-DB 42995Microsoft Excel - OLE Arbitrary Code ExecutionEduardo Braun Prado2017-09-30VerifiedExploit-DB 41934Microsoft Office Word - '.RTF' Malicious HTA Execution (Metasploit)Metasploit2017-04-25VerifiedExploit-DB 41894Microsoft Word - '.RTF' Remote Code ExecutionBhadresh Patel2017-04-18VerifiedSploitusExploit for CVE-2017-0199. CVSS 9.3.Sploitus index2026-09-11T18:30:49+00:00CandidateSource timeline
Discovered through CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesView source ↗
Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogView source ↗
Record history
Record created from the first normalized source observation.
Metadata and source references refreshed.