CVE-2018-8244

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions; 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
MicrosoftMicrosoft Outlook2010 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); 2016 (64-bit edition)

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 14, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-8244: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix