KLA11243
Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

Updated: 06/03/2020
Detect date
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05/08/2018
Severity
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High
Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Microsoft Office. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions and gain privileges.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

  1. An incorrect handling of objects in memory in Microsoft Excel can be exploited locally via a specially designed document to execute arbitrary code;
  2. An improper web-requests sanitization in Microsoft SharePoint Server can be be exploited remotely via a specially designed request to gain privileges;
  3. An improper attachment handling in Microsoft Outlook can be exploited remotely via a specially designed document to bypass security restrictions;
  4. Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office software can be exploited locally via a specially designed document to execute arbitrary code;
  5. An incorrect embedded URL’s processing in Microsoft Outlook can be exploited remotely via a specially designed e-mail to obtain sensitive information;
  6. An incorrect handling of objects in memory in Microsoft Excel can be exploited remotely via a specially designed document to obtain sensitive information;
  7. An improper handling of objects in memory in Microsoft InfoPath can be exploited locally via a specially crafted document to execute arbitrary code.
Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft Infopath 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Infopath 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Project Server 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Project Server 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
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)
Word Automation Services

Solution

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Original advisories

CVE-2018-8147
CVE-2018-8148
CVE-2018-8149
CVE-2018-8150
CVE-2018-8155
CVE-2018-8156
CVE-2018-8157
CVE-2018-8158
CVE-2018-8160
CVE-2018-8161
CVE-2018-8162
CVE-2018-8163
CVE-2018-8168
CVE-2018-8173

Impacts
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ACE 
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OSI 
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SB 
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PE 
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Related products
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Sharepoint Server
CVE-IDS
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CVE-2018-81479.3Critical
CVE-2018-81489.3Critical
CVE-2018-81493.5Warning
CVE-2018-81504.3Warning
CVE-2018-81553.5Warning
CVE-2018-81563.5Warning
CVE-2018-81579.3Critical
CVE-2018-81589.3Critical
CVE-2018-81604.3Warning
CVE-2018-81619.3Critical
CVE-2018-81629.3Critical
CVE-2018-81634.3Warning
CVE-2018-81683.5Warning
CVE-2018-81739.3Critical
Microsoft official advisories
Microsoft Security Update Guide
KB list

2899590
3114889
3162075
3172436
4018308
4018327
4018381
4018382
4018383
4018388
4018390
4018393
4018396
4018398
4018399
4022130
4022135
4022137
4022139
4022141
4022142
4022145
4022146
4022150

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