PT-2018-9106 · Microsoft · Office+1

Nicolas Joly · Published 2018-02-13 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-0850

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 Outlook versions 2007 through 2016 Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run

Description: The issue arises from insufficient validation of incoming message formats. An attacker could exploit this to force Outlook to load a local or remote message store over SMB.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Outlook versions 2007 through 2016, apply the recommended security update. For Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run, apply the recommended security update. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0850

Affected Products

Office

Outlook

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0850 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0850 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0850 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040382 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102866 · Note