CVE-2018-8430

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word if a user opens a specially crafted PDF file, aka "Word PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word if a user opens a specially crafted PDF file, aka "Word PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 6 years ago

2018-09-13 00:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2013 SP1

2013

Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 RT Edition

2013

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R)

2016

Microsoft Word 2016

2016

References

105212

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1041638

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8430

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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