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CVE-2017-11884

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11884 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction, typically through opening a malicious file, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, its high FAUCET Risk Score and community discussion indicate significant concern.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:*

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
9.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0949 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Nov/CVE-2017-11884Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 14, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11884
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101766
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039783
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry