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CVE-2017-8725

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8725 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2, stemming from improper memory handling. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No) and lacking public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
19.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1959 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 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 (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Publisher 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Publisher 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Publisher 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2017-Sep/CVE-2017-8725Important

Microsoft Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Sep 12, 2017

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8725
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100758
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039322
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry