PT-2018-1499 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Dnpushme + 3 · Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8379

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 A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Excel software due to improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. If successfully exploited, an attacker 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. Users with fewer user rights may be less impacted than those 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:2018-01050

CVE-2018-8379

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8379 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01050 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8379 · Security Note
• https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4032223 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104997 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041463 · Note