CVE-2018-0819
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allows an attacker to send a specially crafted email attachment to a user in an attempt to launch a social engineering attack, such as phishing, due to how Outlook for Mac displays encoded email addresses, aka "Spoofing…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allows an attacker to send a specially crafted email attachment to a user in an attempt to launch a social engineering attack, such as phishing, due to how Outlook for Mac displays encoded email addresses, aka "Spoofing Vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac."
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.73% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/office
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 7.4% on 21 September 2026 to 5.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102464Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0819Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102464Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0819Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.