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CVE-2018-1011

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1011 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that arises from improper handling of objects in memory. This flaw affects Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Excel RT. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100 and notable community discussion, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_rt:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2014 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Apr/CVE-2018-1011Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 10, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1011
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103611
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040652
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry