Spoofing attack in Microsoft Office - CVE-2018-8310
Published: July 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13793
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8310
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8310
Install updates from vendor's website.