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CVE-2021-28452:
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Overview
Microsoft Outlook Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2021-28452) was disclosed on April 13, 2021. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office products, including Microsoft 365 Apps, Office 2019, Outlook 2010 SP2, Outlook 2013 SP1, and Outlook 2016 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) from NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Microsoft assessed it with a score of 7.1 (HIGH) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve high levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts on the affected system. The vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the appropriate patches through Microsoft's security updates KB4493185 and KB4504733 for affected versions (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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