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CVE-2018-8248

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8248 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, affecting Microsoft Office, stemming from improper handling of objects in memory. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:*

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
20.09%
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 0.2009 is in the 97th 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 (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)
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
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jun/CVE-2018-8248Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jun 12, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8248
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104318
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041109
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry