Medium severity · published Jun 14, 2018
CVE-2018-8244
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."…
6.5
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2016 · source: NVD
OU
Outlook · Microsoft
2010; 2013; 2016 · source: NVD
OR
Outlook RT · Microsoft
2013 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8244
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041107
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244
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