PT-2018-1282 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Dnpushme + 3 · Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0920

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 Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users with limited user rights may be less impacted than those operating with administrative 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:2018-00758

CVE-2018-0920

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0920 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0920 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00758 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103608 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040652 · Note