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CVE-2018-8176

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CVE-2018-8176 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint, stemming from improper validation of XML content, affecting Microsoft Office for Mac. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_for_mac:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2208 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-May/CVE-2018-8176Important

Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

May 8, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8176
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104184
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040937
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry