Description
This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2017-8759, which has a HIGH severity rating. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 allow a cyberattacker to execute code remotely via a malicious document or application, aka .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
Stats
- First seen
- January 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
CVEs
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| Document-Excel.Exploit.CVE-2017-8759 |
| Document-HTML.Exploit.CVE-2017-8759 |
| Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-8759 |
| Document-PDF.Exploit.CVE-2017-8759 |
| Document-RTF.Exploit.CVE-2017-8759 |
| Document-Word.Exploit.CVE-2017-8759 |
| Exploit.CVE-2017-8759.A |
| Exploit.CVE-2017-8759.B |
| Exploit.CVE-2017-8759.Gen |
| Exploit.CVE-2017-8759.Gen:049E4 |