CVE-2020-1493

Microsoft Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Aug 17, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019

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Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when attaching files to Outlook messages. This vulnerability could potentially allow users to share attached files such that they are accessible by anonymous users where they should be restricted to specific users. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to attach a file as a link to an email. The email could then be shared with individuals that should not have access to the files, ignoring the default organizational setting. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Outlook handles file attachment links.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-922 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Microsoft Office 2019Microsoft
  • 19.0.0 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesAffected
Microsoft 365 Apps for EnterpriseMicrosoft
  • 16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesAffected
Microsoft Outlook 2016Microsoft
  • 16.0.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1Microsoft
  • 15.0.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2Microsoft
  • 13.0.0.0 to before publicationAffected

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