PT-2018-1020 · Microsoft · Office+1

Yuki Chen · Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-0812

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office versions 2003 through 2016

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office versions 2003 through 2016, update to a version that properly handles objects in memory to prevent remote code execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00241

CVE-2018-0812

Affected Products

Office

Office Word

References · 10

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00241 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0812 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0812 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0812 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/110420 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140647 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040153 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102463 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116374 · Telegram Post