CVE-2018-8244
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
- Record
CVE-2018-8244- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
- Record
CVE-2018-8244- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19910 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19910- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hw92-6x7q-xg4p
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not validate attachment headers properly, aka "Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
- Record
GHSA-hw92-6x7q-xg4p- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-8244 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Office, published June 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.80%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.