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TI-2018-15440 Aliases CVE-2018-25215GHSA-xfcq-73qm-28cr

Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 Local Buffer Overflow DoS

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data into the registration field to trigger a crash when the Register button is clicked.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00183 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
RecoverlostpasswordExcel Password Recovery Professional8.2.0.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Excel Password Recovery Professional VendorRecoverlostpassword Affected 8.2.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:passfab:excel_password_recovery:8.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2.0.0VulnerablePassfab
  • cpe:2.3:a:passfab:excel_password_recovery:8.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2.0.0 Vulnerable ·Passfab

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25215
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xfcq-73qm-28cr

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2018-15444 PassFab Excel Password Recovery 8.3.1 SEH Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6

Sources

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