Security Updates for Outlook (June 2018)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110499

Language:

Synopsis

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could send an email with hidden attachments that would be opened or executed once a victim clicks a link within the email. Note that this does not bypass attachment filters, so blocked attachments will still be excluded. (CVE-2018-8244)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4022205
-KB4022169
-KB4022160

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110499

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_jun_outlook.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 6/12/2018

Updated: 11/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8244

MSFT: MS18-4022160, MS18-4022169, MS18-4022205

MSKB: 4022160, 4022169, 4022205

Detections

Analytics