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Microsoft released a security advisory to disclose a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office. The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-10074)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-11826.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171220-01-office-en
Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
HUAWEI MateBook |
MateBook |
Follow the Microsoft security advisory to install the patch |
The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 7.0 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.5 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. The attacker has to convince the user to open a specially crafted file.
Vulnerability details:
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office. The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
The Microsoft security advisory is available at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11826
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was discovered by Microsoft.
2017-12-20 V1.0 INITIAL
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