THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-8245
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-8245

Publisher vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
15.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Publisher fails to utilize features that lock down the Local Machine zone when instantiating OLE objects, aka "Microsoft Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Publisher.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Publisher
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-06-14

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 high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.4% 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-2018-8245

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Publisher is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-8245.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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