MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2017-0204

Outlook vulnerability

CVSS
5.5
EPSS
19.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Outlook 2007 SP3, Microsoft Outlook 2010 SP2, Microsoft Outlook 2013 SP1, and Microsoft Outlook 2016 allow remote attackers to bypass the Office Protected View via a specially crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Outlook
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published
2017-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 19.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-0204

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Outlook is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-0204.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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