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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 5.18%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
5.18% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
microsoft/office · microsoft/outlook · microsoft/outlook rt
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.