CVE-2018-0798 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on January 10, 2018
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016 Backdoor Exploitation Chain vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2018-0798 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2018-0798 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-0798
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Version Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 is affected by CVE-2018-0798Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.