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CVE-2018-0850 (GCVE-0-2018-0850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-15 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:58
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2013, Microsoft Outlook 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run allow an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how the format of incoming message is validated, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Important
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040382 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102866 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Outlook Affected: Microsoft Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2013, Microsoft Outlook 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run
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Date Public
2018-02-13 00:00
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