CVE-2018-0793High

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
January 9, 2018
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-0793 →

📋 Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Offiice parses specially crafted email messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Offiice. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted file to the user and then convincing the user to open the file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that Microsoft Offiice parses specially crafted email messages.

🎯 Affected products13

  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)

✅ Remediation

KB4011643 (Security Update) KBRelease Notes (Security Update) KBClick to Run (Security Update) KB4011658 (Security Update) KB4011607 (Security Update) KB4011657 (Security Update) KB4011659 (Security Update) KB4011651 (Security Update)

🔗 References (12)