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    CVE-2019-1204

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook initiates processing of incoming messages without sufficient validation of the formatting of the messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could attempt to force Outlook to load a local or remote message store (over SMB). To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker could send a specially crafted email to a victim. Outlook would then attempt to open a pre-configured message store contained in the email upon receipt of the email. This update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring Office fully validates incoming email formatting before processing message content.

    Published:Aug 14, 2019
    Last Modified:Feb 20, 2026
    EPS:Aug 14, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.08582
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office 365 Proplus
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Outlook

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High