Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2012-2539

TLP:CLEAR

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via crafted RTF data.

Facts

  • Vendor: Microsoft
  • Product: Word
  • CVSS: 7.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 53 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 28 March 2022
  • First known exploitation: 28 March 2022
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 18 April 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-399
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 28 March 2022

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD