Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-0802
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.941
EPSS Ranking 99.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 9.3
Proposed Action
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.
Ransomware Campaign
Unknown
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/
- 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/
Products affected by CVE-2018-0802
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016