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CVE-2017-0052

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0052 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, Excel Viewer, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2007 SP3. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to open a crafted document, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not listed on the KEV catalog, suggesting no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are also minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1661 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-10308
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-999007
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (64-bit edition) Bad
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Mar/CVE-2017-0052Important

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Mar 14, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0052
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96741
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038010