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CVE-2018-8244

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2016
• Microsoft Outlook: 2010-sp2, 2013-sp1, 2016
• Microsoft Outlook Rt: 2013-sp1
• Microsoft Office: 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions, 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
• Microsoft Outlook: 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions), 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions), 2013 RT Service Pack 1, 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions), 2016 (32-bit edition) (+1)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041107
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041107
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244

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