PT-2017-18460 · Microsoft · Outlook

Published 2017-07-27 · Updated 2021-08-30 · CVE-2017-8663

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Outlook versions 2007 SP3 through 2016

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the way Microsoft Outlook parses specially crafted email messages. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could take control of an affected system, allowing them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Outlook.

Recommendations For Microsoft Outlook versions 2007 SP3 through 2016, update to a version that is not affected by this issue to resolve the problem. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8663

Affected Products

Outlook

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8663 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8663 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8663 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100004 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20357 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039011 · Note