PT-2018-1500 · Microsoft · Office Powerpoint

Jinquan + 2 · Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8376

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 PowerPoint (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software due to improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by using a specially crafted file. If the current user has administrative rights, an attacker could gain 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.

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:2018-01051

CVE-2018-8376

Affected Products

Office Powerpoint

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8376 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01051 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8376 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041464 · Note
• https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4018310 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104991 · Note