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Microsoft Office: CVE-2018-0850: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2018-0850: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/15/2018
Created
06/27/2023
Added
06/20/2023
Modified
06/20/2023

Description

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".

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-outlook_2016-kb4011682

References

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