PT-2018-1872 · Microsoft · Outlook

Yonghui Han · Published 2018-11-13 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8576

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 buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. To exploit this, a user must open the crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Outlook. This could enable the attacker to perform actions in the context of the current user.

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:2018-01474

CVE-2018-8576

Affected Products

Outlook

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8576 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01474 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8576 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8576 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8576 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105822 · Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8576 · Note
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/496462.php · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1042110 · Note