THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-0853
LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2018-0853

Office vulnerability

CVSS
3.3
EPSS
12.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) allow an information disclosure vulnerability, due to how Office initializes the affected variable, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability".
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-665 — Improper Initialization
Published
2018-02-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 12.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-0853

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-0853.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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