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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2018-8307 WordPad Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability Windows 7 Important 11-07-2018

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft WordPad improperly handles embedded OLE objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could bypass content blocking.

Detailed Information on the risk:
In a file-sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file designed to exploit the vulnerability, and then convince a user to open the document file.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft WordPad handles input.

Further information on this exploit is available at : CVE-2018-8307

Affected Software


Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation),
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation),
Windows Server 2012,
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation),
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems,
Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems,
Windows Server 2012 R2,
Windows RT 8.1,
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation),
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server 2016,
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation),
Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation),
Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation),
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2,
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2,
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2,
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)