PT-2018-1317 · Microsoft · Office

Willj + 1 · Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8157

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 The issue is caused by an out-of-bounds memory operation in Microsoft Office software. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted docx file, allowing them to execute arbitrary code. If the attacker successfully exploits the vulnerability, they could 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.

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:2018-00815

CVE-2018-8157

ZDI-18-430

Affected Products

Office

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-430 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8157 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00815 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8157 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8157 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8157 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040853 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104046 · Note