PT-2018-1073 · Microsoft · Office+1

Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0796

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

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.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00416

CVE-2018-0796

ZDI-18-161

Affected Products

Office

Office Excel

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-161 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0796 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0796 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0796 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0796 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00416 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102372 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040153 · Note
• https://twitter.com/uuallan/status/1283236597694177280 · Note