PT-2019-1844 · Microsoft · Office

Rgod · Published 2019-04-04 · Updated 2019-04-15 · CVE-2019-0801

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 Office (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in data processing. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted document. To exploit the issue, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted URL file that points to an Excel or PowerPoint file that was also downloaded. The update addresses the issue by correcting how Office handles these files.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-01496

CVE-2019-0801

ZDI-19-358

Affected Products

Office

References · 6

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-358 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0801 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01496 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0801 · Security Note