PT-2018-9084 · Microsoft · Outlook For Mac+1

Pwnsdx + 1 · Published 2018-01-10 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-0819

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Office for Mac version 2016

Description: The issue allows an attacker to send a specially crafted email attachment to a user in an attempt to launch a social engineering attack, such as phishing, due to how Outlook for Mac displays encoded email addresses.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac, update the software to a version that fixes the issue, or consider disabling the display of encoded email addresses in Outlook for Mac as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0819

Affected Products

Office For Mac

Outlook For Mac

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0819 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0819 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0819 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102464 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040153 · Note