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CVE-2018-0796

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0796 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel across Office 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016, stemming from improper memory object handling. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention despite not being actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA KEV.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
23.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2326 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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

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 (13)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
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)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jan/CVE-2018-0796Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jan 9, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0796
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102372
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040153
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry