PT-2018-18510 · Microsoft · Office Publisher

Eduardo Braun Prado · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8245

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to Microsoft Publisher's failure to properly lock down the Local Machine zone when instantiating OLE objects. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the Local Machine zone.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8245

Affected Products

Office Publisher

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8245 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8245 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8245 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8245 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104405 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041105 · Note