PT-2018-1641 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Omri Herscovici · Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8430

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Word (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Word when a user opens a specially crafted PDF file. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The vulnerability is related to errors in processing input data.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word, consider avoiding the use of PDF files from untrusted sources until a fix is available. For Microsoft Office, restrict the opening of specially crafted PDF files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01200

CVE-2018-8430

Affected Products

Office

Office Word

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8430 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8430 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01200 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8430 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041638 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105212 · Note