CVE-2018-0802
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
Equation Editor in Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0797 and CVE-2018-0812.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability is known to be chained with CVE-2018-0798.
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Remediation due: 2022-05-03
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802
- https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802
- https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0802
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