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CVE-2018-0920

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0920 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, where improper handling of objects in memory can lead to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), its high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100 indicate significant potential risk. There are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, but the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
21.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2100 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Apr/CVE-2018-0920Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 10, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0920
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103608
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040652
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry