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CVE-2018-0850

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

Microsoft Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2013, Microsoft Outlook 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run allow an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to how the format of incoming message is validated, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Microsoft — OfficeMicrosoft — Outlook

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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