PT-2018-18513 · Microsoft · Office Excel+1

Ying Xinlei · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8248

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 due to the software's failure to properly handle objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to run arbitrary 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 limited 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.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8248

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8248 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8248 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8248 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8248 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104318 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041109 · Note