CVE-2019-1204

Medium

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook initiates processing of incoming messages without sufficient validation of the formatting of the messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could attempt to force Outlook to load a local or remote message store (over SMB). To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker could send a specially crafted email to a victim. Outlook would then attempt to open a pre-configured message store contained in the email upon receipt of the email. This update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Office fully validates incoming email formatting before processing message content.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Office
PublishedAug 14, 2019
First seenAug 14, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft office2019—
microsoft office_365_proplusNo range specified—
microsoft outlook2010, 2013, 2016—

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CVE-2019-1204 · Microsoft Office · Dark Radar