Cross-site scripting in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office - CVE-2018-0850
Published: February 13, 2018 / Updated: February 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10549
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0850
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of emails. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to malicious SMB share and execute arbitrary HTML and script code within Microsoft Outlook context.
Affected software
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0850
Install updates from vendor's website.