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
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office
Microsoft
Office
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office 365 Proplus
Microsoft
Office 365 Proplus
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Outlook
Microsoft
Outlook
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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
