Kaspersky ID:
KLA11170
Detect Date:
01/09/2018
Updated:
11/12/2024

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Microsoft Office. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, spoof user interface and obtain sensitive information.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

  1. Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server can be exploited remotely via specially crafted web request to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information;
  2. Improper email parsing vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook can be exploited remotely via specially crafted email messages to execute arbitrary code;
  3. Improper memory handling vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
  4. Improper memory handling vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office software can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
  5. Improper memory handling vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
  6. A memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word can be exploited remotely via specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code;
  7. A XSS vulnerability in Microsoft Access can be exploited remotely via specially crafted file to spoof user interface;
  8. A memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office software can be exploited remotely via specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code;
  9. An email encoding handling vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for MAC can be exploited remotely via specially crafted email attachment to spoof user interface.

Original advisories

Exploitation

This vulnerability can be exploited by the following malware:

https://threats.kaspersky.com/en/threat/Exploit.MSOffice.CVE-2018-0802/

Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.

Related products

CVE list

  • CVE-2018-0789
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0790
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0793
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0791
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0792
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0794
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0795
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0796
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0797
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0798
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0799
    high
  • CVE-2018-0801
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0802
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0804
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0805
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0806
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0807
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0812
    critical
  • CVE-2018-0819
    high

KB list

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