Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-8379)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0816
Date Published:	14 Aug 2018
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 03 July, 2022
Source:	Microsoft CVE-2018-8379
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-8379
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1 Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition) Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition) Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions Microsoft Excel 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-8379) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-8379)