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CVE-2018-8628

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8628 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint and related Office products, including SharePoint and Office 365 ProPlus, stemming from improper memory handling. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), allowing an attacker to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise (C:H/I:H/A:H) if exploited. While no public exploit code exists (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None) and it is not listed on the KEV catalog, it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure, indicating notable attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365_proplus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
16.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1620 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 (23)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office Online Server
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Online Server
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Dec/CVE-2018-8628Important

Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 11, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8628
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106104
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry