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Microsoft Office: CVE-2018-8244: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2018-8244: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/14/2018
Created
06/27/2023
Added
06/20/2023
Modified
06/20/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-outlook_2016-kb4022160

References

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