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CVE-2018-0841

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0841 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run, stemming from improper handling of objects in memory. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While it has a high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable. Community discussion and media coverage are limited, with only one article from BleepingComputer mentioning its patch.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:c2r:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
20.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2007 is in the 97th 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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-FEB/CVE-2018-0841Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Feb 13, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0841
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102957
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040367
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry