MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-3905

Outlook vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
11.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Outlook 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT does not properly expand metadata contained in S/MIME certificates, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive network configuration and state information via a crafted certificate in an e-mail message, aka "S/MIME AIA Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Outlook
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2013-11-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 11.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-3905

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Outlook is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-3905.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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