Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-25215 is a local crash vulnerability in Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0. A person with access to the application can enter overly long registration data and make it crash. Business urgency is generally limited unless this legacy tool is installed on important workstations or used in sensitive recovery workflows.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted endpoint hygiene issue, not an enterprise emergency. Prioritize finding and removing or restricting this legacy utility, especially on shared or sensitive workstations. Escalate only if the software is broadly deployed or required in critical operations.
Technical view
The issue is a local buffer overflow, classified as CWE-787, in the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field of Recoverlostpassword Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0. The published description says excessive input to that field can trigger denial of service when registration is submitted. CVSS v4 is 6.8 with local attack vector and user interaction required.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to endpoints where Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 is installed. The vulnerability is local, not remotely reachable based on provided sources. Risk is higher on shared systems, unmanaged software inventories, or environments where untrusted users can interact with the application.
Exploitation context
A public Exploit-DB entry exists, but the source bundle does not indicate active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. The described impact is application denial of service, not confirmed code execution. Exploitation requires local interaction with the application registration interface.
Researcher notes
Sources describe a local denial-of-service condition via registration-field overflow in version 8.2.0.0. Public exploit publication supports reproducibility, but provided evidence does not establish exploitation in the wild or a vendor patch. Avoid assuming impact beyond crash/availability without independent analysis.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory endpoints for Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0.
- Remove the software where it is not business-required.
- Restrict interactive access to systems where the tool remains installed.
- Check the vendor site or advisory sources for updated guidance.
- Prefer supported alternatives if no vendor fix is available.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed product name and version on managed endpoints.
- Review software inventory for Recoverlostpassword Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0.
- Verify whether affected systems allow untrusted local users.
- Check vendor and advisory pages for updated remediation information.
- Document compensating controls if removal is not possible.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
6.8MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ExploitDB-46003CVE reference · exploit
- Official Product HomepageCVE reference · product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 Local Buffer Overflow DoSCVE reference · third-party-advisory
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