Vulnerability identifier: #VU12077

Vulnerability risk: Critical

CVSSv3.1: 9.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8174

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploits in database: 7

• August 2, 2022
  • rtfkit (generate RTF exploit payload. uses cve-2017-11882, cve-2017-8570, cve-2018-0802, and cve-2018-8174.) [Github]
• November 17, 2020
  • rtfkit (generate RTF exploit payload. uses cve-2017-11882, cve-2017-8570, cve-2018-0802, and cve-2018-8174.) [Github]
• October 27, 2020
  • Foxit Reader SDK ActiveX Launch Action New Window Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [Source Incite]
• April 1, 2020
  • cve-2018-8174_analysis (Analysis of VBS exploit CVE-2018-8174) [Github]
• March 18, 2020
  • CVE-2018-8174-msf (CVE-2018-8174 - VBScript memory corruption exploit.) [Github]
  • Rig-Exploit-for-CVE-2018-8174 (Rig Exploit for CVE-2018-8174 As with its previous campaigns, Rig’s Seamless campaign uses malvertising. In this case, the malvertisements have a hidden iframe that redirects victims to Rig’s landing page, which includes a [Github]
  • ie11_vbscript_exploit (Exploit Generator for CVE-2018-8174 & CVE-2019-0768 (RCE via VBScript Execution in IE11)) [Github]

Impact: Code execution

Vulnerable software:
Windows
Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Windows Server
Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Windows Live Messenger
Client/Desktop applications / Messaging software

Vendor: Microsoft