A vulnerability, which was classified as critical , was found in Recoverlostpassword Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 . Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-25215 . The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available.
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VDB-353629 · CVE-2018-25215 · EXPLOIT 46003
RECOVERLOSTPASSWORD EXCEL PASSWORD RECOVERY PROFESSIONAL 8.2.0.0 OUT-OF-BOUNDS WRITE
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
4.2 $0-$5k 2.99+
Summaryinfo
A vulnerability has been found in Recoverlostpassword Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-25215. The attack can only be executed locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Recoverlostpassword Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was shared by Achilles as 46003. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-25215 since 03/26/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2018-21688).
Productinfo
Vendor
Recoverlostpassword
Name
Excel Password Recovery Professional
Version
8.2.0.0
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo
Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo
03/26/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/26/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
03/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Advisory: 46003
Researcher: Achilles
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-25215 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-25215
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353629
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entryinfo
Created: 03/26/2026 15:07
Updated: 03/26/2026 17:03
Changes: 03/26/2026 15:07 (78), 03/26/2026 17:03 (1)
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Cache ID: 99:9DE:101
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