CVE-2018-0802

high-risk
Published 2018-01-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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94.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 6% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (15)

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153
Exploit https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html
Exploit https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802
Exploit https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153
Exploit https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html
Exploit https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802
Exploit https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-...
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate