CVE-2018-0798

high

Description

Equation Editor in Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

References

https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/tenable-2022-threat-landscape-report

https://www.anomali.com/blog/multiple-chinese-threat-groups-exploiting-cve-2018-0798-equation-editor-vulnerability-since-late-2018

https://www.tenable.com/blog/analyzing-the-vulnerabilities-associated-with-the-top-malware-strains-of-2021

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-01-10

Updated: 2025-03-26

Named Vulnerability: Equation EditorKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.9418