CVE-2018-8502 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, affecting Microsoft Office, Office 365 ProPlus, and Microsoft Excel, where the software improperly handles objects in Protected View. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (not in KEV), and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.