CVE-2018-8244 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Office, stemming from improper validation of attachment headers. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article mentioning its fix in the June 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_rt:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.