PT-2018-1074 · Microsoft · Office

Ben Faull · Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0795

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 2010 through 2016

Description The issue is related to the improper handling of objects in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to run 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. The impact may be less severe for users with limited rights. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office 2010, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office 2013, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office 2016, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of specially crafted files with affected versions of Microsoft Office until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00417

CVE-2018-0795

Affected Products

Office

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0795 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0795 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00417 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0795 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0795 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102356 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040153 · Note