PT-2018-1315 · Microsoft · Office+2

Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8161

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)

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 by opening a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office. If the current user has administrative user 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 fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those operating with administrative user 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:2018-00813

CVE-2018-8161

Affected Products

Office

Office Word

Sharepoint Server

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8161 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00813 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8161 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8161 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040853 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104052 · Note