CVE-2018-25219

PassFab Excel Password Recovery 8.3.1 SEH Buffer Overflow

CVSS 8.6 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-787

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

26 Mar 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

PassFab Excel Password Recovery 8.3.1 contains a structured exception handling buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious payload in the registration code field. Attackers can craft a buffer overflow payload with a pop-pop-ret gadget and shellcode that triggers code execution when pasted into the Licensed E-mail and Registration Code field during the registration process.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Passfab · Excel Password Recovery

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46301 https://www.passfab.com/downloads/passfab-excel-password-recovery.exe https://www.passfab.com/products/excel-password-recovery.html https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/passfab-excel-password-recovery-seh-buffer-overflow