PT-2018-9107 · Microsoft · Office 2010+3

Published 2018-02-13 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0853

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Office 2010 SP2 Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1 Microsoft Office 2016 Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R)

Description: An information disclosure issue exists due to how Office initializes an affected variable. This could allow an attacker to view out of bound memory when a user opens a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. The issue arises from the software reading out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office 2016, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R), update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0853

Affected Products

Office 2010

Office 2013

Office 2016

Office

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0853 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0853 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102868 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040381 · Note