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FKIE_CVE-2018-0841

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-15 02:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:31

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how objects are handled in memory, aka "Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"

References

URL	Tags
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102957	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040367	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.com	https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0841	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102957	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040367	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0841	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	microsoft	office	2016

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CVE-2018-0841 (GCVE-0-2018-0841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-15 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:27

Summary

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how objects are handled in memory, aka "Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Important

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040367	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102957	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Office	Affected: Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run

Date Public

2018-02-13 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

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