CVE-2019-1204 json
Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
published 2019-08-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-9772
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.4%
- EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
4.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
- Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
- Microsoft Microsoft Outlook 2016
- Microsoft Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
-
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1204
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-1204
- NVD CVE-2019-1204
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