THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-1229
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-1229

365 Apps vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when Office fails to enforce security settings configured on a system, aka 'Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
365 Apps
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Published
2020-06-09

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-1229

  • Confirm whether Microsoft 365 Apps is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-1229.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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