PT-2018-1027 · Microsoft · Wordpad+2

Bee13Oy + 4 · Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-0798

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 2007 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 or Microsoft WordPad software.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office versions 2007 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

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00248

CVE-2018-0798

Affected Products

Office

Wordpad

Office Word

References · 27

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00248 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798 · Security Note
• https://github.com/mandiant/speakeasy · Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/2937 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/1227 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116373 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/canyoupwnme/5705 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/804 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/1496 · Telegram Post
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note
• https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html · Note
• https://t.me/aptreports/1031 · Telegram Post