CVE-2019-1204

Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

N/A
Published: August 14, 2019 at 08:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:28 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeOutlookOffice 365 ProPlus

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

16.0.0 ≤ v < publication16.0.0
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
13.0.0.0 ≤ v < publication15.0.0.0 ≤ v < publication16.0.0.0 ≤ v < publication13.0.0.015.0.0.016.0.0.020102010 sp220132013 sp12016
Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
19.0.0 ≤ v < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases19.0.0
Affected range stops below https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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