PT-2018-1104 · Microsoft · Office Compatibility Pack+2

Yuki Chen · Published 2018-01-19 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0849

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 A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Office software due to improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow a remote attacker to execute 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. The exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office or Microsoft WordPad software.

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:2018-00511

CVE-2018-0849

Affected Products

Office

Office Compatibility Pack

Office Word

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0849 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0849 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00511 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0849 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0849 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102748 · Note