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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0850
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0850
Install updates from vendor's website.