CVE-2018-0798: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability is known to be chained with CVE-2018-0802.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-787. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog