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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-11939

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) allows an information disclosure vulnerability due to the way Microsoft Office enforces DRM copy/paste permissions, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability".

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published