CVE detail
CVE-2018-0797
Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way RTF content is handled, aka "Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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- Microsoft plugs 56 vulns, including Office flaw exploited in attacksHelp Net Security
As part of the January 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 56 CVE-listed vulnerabilities, including the Meltdown and Spectre flaws, and an Office bug actively exploited by attackers. Office flaw exploited in the wild Security updates and patches for mitigating the risk of Meltdown and Spectre attacks have received much attention in the past days, but those released by Microsoft on Tuesday also deserve it. As mentioned earlier, a flaw (CVE-2018-0802) in Microsoft … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJan 10, 2018, 8:51 PM Microsoft’s January 2018 Patch Tuesday updates address more than 50 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day vulnerability in Office related to an Equation Editor flaw that has been exploited by several threat groups in the past few months.
newswww.securityweek.comJan 9, 2018, 8:33 PM
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