PT-2018-1806 · Microsoft · Office Word+2

Jaanus Kp · Published 2018-11-13 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8573

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) Office 365 ProPlus (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory. This can be exploited by an attacker using a specially crafted file, allowing them to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user. The exploitation requires a user to open the specially crafted file with an affected version of the software.

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:2018-01406

CVE-2018-8573

ZDI-18-1356

Affected Products

Office

Office Word

Office 365 Proplus

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8573 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8573 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8573 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01406 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1356 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1042114 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105836 · Note
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/496475.php · Note