CVE-2020-1229
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when Office fails to enforce...
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'.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1229- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1229- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12108 No score
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'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-12108- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gmw9-2jwr-g5m7 No score
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when Office fails to enforce...
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'.
- Record
GHSA-gmw9-2jwr-g5m7- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-1229 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Office, published June 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.92%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.