PT-2018-1023 · Microsoft · Office Compatibility Pack+2

Bee13Oy + 2 · Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0805

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 (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Word (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office or Microsoft WordPad software. If successfully exploited, an attacker could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially taking control of the affected system, installing programs, viewing, changing, or deleting data, or creating new accounts with full user rights. Users with fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those operating with administrative user rights.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00244

CVE-2018-0805

Affected Products

Office

Office Compatibility Pack

Office Word

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0805 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00244 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0805 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0805 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102459 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040153 · Note