Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-8148 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8147, CVE-2018-8162.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 8 |
Nessus
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS18_MAY_OFFICE_COMPATIBILITY.NASL description The Microsoft Office Compatibility Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8147, CVE-2018-8148) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Outlook when a message is opened. This vulnerability could potentially result in the disclosure of sensitive information to a malicious site. (CVE-2018-8160) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109615 published 2018-05-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109615 title Security Updates for Microsoft Office Compatibility Products (May 2018) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text # itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(109615); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/08"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-8147", "CVE-2018-8148", "CVE-2018-8160"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4018308"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4022150"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS18-4018308"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS18-4022150"); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2018-A-0151"); script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Office Compatibility Products (May 2018)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for Microsoft security updates."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The Microsoft Office Compatibility Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The Microsoft Office Compatibility Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8147, CVE-2018-8148) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Outlook when a message is opened. This vulnerability could potentially result in the disclosure of sensitive information to a malicious site. (CVE-2018-8160)"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4018308/description-of-the-security-update-for-microsoft-office-viewers-and-of script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fc6d04b0"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4022150/description-of-the-security-update-for-microsoft-office-compatibility script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?578d7f8e"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue: -KB4018308 -KB4022150"); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-8148"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("office_installed.nasl", "microsoft_office_compatibility_pack_installed.nbin", "smb_hotfixes.nasl", "ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible"); script_require_ports(139, 445, "Host/patch_management_checks"); exit(0); } include("misc_func.inc"); include("audit.inc"); include("smb_func.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible"); bulletin = "MS18-05"; kbs = make_list('4018308','4022150'); vuln = FALSE; if (get_kb_item("Host/patch_management_checks")) hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_HOLE); #################################################################### # Office Compatibility Pack #################################################################### installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Office/WordCnv/*/ProductPath"); foreach install (keys(installs)) { path = installs[install]; path = ereg_replace(pattern:'^(.+)\\\\[^\\\\]+\\.exe$', replace:"\1\", string:path, icase:TRUE); if ( hotfix_check_fversion(path:path, file:"excelcnv.exe", version:"12.0.6787.5000", kb:"4022150", min_version:"12.0.0.0", product:"Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack") == HCF_OLDER || hotfix_check_fversion(path:path, file:"mso.dll", version:"12.0.6798.5000", kb:"4018308", min_version:"12.0.0.0", product:"Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack") == HCF_OLDER ) { vuln = TRUE; break; } } if(vuln) { replace_kb_item(name:'SMB/Missing/'+bulletin, value:TRUE); hotfix_security_hole(); hotfix_check_fversion_end(); exit(0); } else { hotfix_check_fversion_end(); audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected'); }
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS18_MAY_EXCEL.NASL description The Microsoft Excel Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8147, CVE-2018-8148, CVE-2018-8162) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. (CVE-2018-8163) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109612 published 2018-05-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109612 title Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (May 2018) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text # itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(109612); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/08"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-8147", "CVE-2018-8148", "CVE-2018-8162", "CVE-2018-8163" ); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4022146"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4018399"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4018382"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS18-4022146"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS18-4018399"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS18-4018382"); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2018-A-0151"); script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (May 2018)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for Microsoft security updates."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The Microsoft Excel Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8147, CVE-2018-8148, CVE-2018-8162) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. (CVE-2018-8163)"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4022146/description-of-the-security-update-for-excel-2010-may-8-2018 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?94364f98"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4018399/description-of-the-security-update-for-excel-2013-may-8-2018 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b2e782dc"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4018382/description-of-the-security-update-for-excel-2016-may-8-2018 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6498e5ca"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue: -KB4022146 -KB4018399 -KB4018382"); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-8162"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:excel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("office_installed.nasl", "microsoft_office_compatibility_pack_installed.nbin", "smb_hotfixes.nasl", "ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible"); script_require_ports(139, 445, "Host/patch_management_checks"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("smb_func.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc"); include("smb_reg_query.inc"); include("install_func.inc"); global_var vuln; get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible"); bulletin = "MS18-05"; kbs = make_list( '4022146', # 2010 '4018399', # 2013 '4018382' # 2016 ); if (get_kb_item("Host/patch_management_checks")) hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_HOLE); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated", exit_code:1); vuln = FALSE; port = kb_smb_transport(); ###################################################################### # Excel 2010, 2013, 2016 ###################################################################### excel_checks = make_array( "14.0", make_array("sp", 2, "version", "14.0.7208.5000", "kb", "4022146"), "15.0", make_array("sp", 1, "version", "15.0.5031.1000", "kb", "4018399"), "16.0", make_array("sp", 0, "version", "16.0.4690.1000", "kb", "4018382") ); if (hotfix_check_office_product(product:"Excel", checks:excel_checks, bulletin:bulletin)) vuln = TRUE; if (vuln) { replace_kb_item(name:'SMB/Missing/'+bulletin, value:TRUE); hotfix_security_hole(); hotfix_check_fversion_end(); exit(0); } else { hotfix_check_fversion_end(); audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected'); }
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS18_MAY_OFFICE.NASL description The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8147, CVE-2018-8148) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Outlook when a message is opened. This vulnerability could potentially result in the disclosure of sensitive information to a malicious site. (CVE-2018-8160) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8157, CVE-2018-8158, CVE-2018-8161) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft InfoPath when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-8173) - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Outlook attachment block filter does not properly handle attachments. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-8150) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109614 published 2018-05-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109614 title Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (May 2018)