PT-2018-1874 · Microsoft · Outlook+2

Published 2018-11-13 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Office 365 ProPlus (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description An information disclosure issue exists when attaching files to Outlook messages. This could allow a remote attacker to access protected information by exploiting the vulnerability through a file attached to an email as a link.

Recommendations For Office 365 ProPlus, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Microsoft Office, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01476

CVE-2018-8579

Affected Products

Office

Office 365 Proplus

Outlook

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01476 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8579 · Security Note
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/496462.php · Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8579 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1042132 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105828 · Note