Security restrictions bypass in Microsoft products - CVE-2018-0907

 

Security restrictions bypass in Microsoft products - CVE-2018-0907

Published: March 13, 2018 / Updated: March 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11051
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0907
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists in in Microsoft Office software by not enforcing macro settings on an Excel document. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted Excel document and change default behavior of Microsoft Excel.

Affected software

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0907

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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