PT-2018-2047 · Microsoft · Powerpoint Viewer+3

Ben Faull · Published 2018-10-09 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8501

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software due to its failure to properly handle objects in Protected View. 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. The exploitation of this issue requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office PowerPoint software.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01663

CVE-2018-8501

Affected Products

Office

Office Powerpoint

Office 365 Proplus

Powerpoint Viewer

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01663 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8501 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8501 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8501 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8501 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105497 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041838 · Note