Microsoft Outlook 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016 access control
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016 (Groupware Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was published 02/13/2018 by Nicolas Joly with Microsoft as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0850 since 12/01/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:
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).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106807 (Security Updates for Outlook (February 2018)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110311 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update February 2018).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106807). Similar entries are available at 113216, 113232, 113233 and 113234.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 106807
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Outlook (February 2018)
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OpenVAS ID: 54557
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Outlook 2016 Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4011682)
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0850 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1040382
SecurityFocus: 102866 - Microsoft Outlook CVE-2018-0850 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 02/14/2018 09:07Updated: 02/03/2021 12:54
Changes: 02/14/2018 09:07 (75), 01/04/2020 16:33 (7), 02/03/2021 12:54 (3)
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