PT-2018-1871 · Microsoft · Outlook

Yonghui Han · Published 2018-11-13 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8524

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Outlook (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a remote code execution problem in Microsoft Outlook, caused by an out-of-bounds memory operation. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted file, allowing them to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. To exploit this issue, a user must open the specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Outlook. The Preview Pane is not a viable attack vector for this problem.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01473

CVE-2018-8524

Affected Products

Outlook

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8524 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01473 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8524 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8524 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8524 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105823 · Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8524 · Note
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/496462.php · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1042110 · Note