CVE-2018-8244

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.052 · 92 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.22% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimary

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Microsoft Office≤ 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editionsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Office≤ 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editionsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2013 RT Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2016 (32-bit edition)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Outlook≤ 2016 (64-bit edition)enisa_euvdEU
microsoft office= 2016nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook= 2010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook= 2013nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook= 2016nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook rt= 2013nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_rt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-06-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323 cnnvd
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041107 enisa_euvd
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104323Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041107Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8244PatchVendor Advisorynvd

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