Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8244

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/Outlookllm-fuzzy2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft/Office Visiocpe-rescue
Range: 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041107nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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