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CVE-2024-21402: Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-13 · updated 2026-08-10
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft 365 Apps: through 2401.17231.20236
• Microsoft 365 Apps: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft 365 Apps https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21402
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21402

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