Spoofing attack in Microsoft Office - CVE-2018-8310
Published: July 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13793
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8310
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of specific attachment types when rendering HTML emails in Microsoft Outlook. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email or create an .eml file and trick the victim into opening it and embed untrusted TrueType fonts in the body of an email.
Affected software
Microsoft Office
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8310
Install updates from vendor's website.