PT-2019-1474 · Microsoft · Office

David Routin + 2 · Published 2019-02-12 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a security feature bypass when Microsoft Office fails to properly validate URLs. This could allow a remote attacker to trick a user into entering credentials by sending a specially crafted file, potentially leading to a phishing attack.

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

Open Redirect

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-601

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00866

CVE-2019-0540

Affected Products

Office

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0540 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0540 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00866 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0540 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106863 · Note