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Microsoft Office: CVE-2018-8310: Microsoft Office Tampering Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2018-8310: Microsoft Office Tampering Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/11/2018
Created
06/27/2023
Added
06/20/2023
Modified
06/20/2023

Description

A tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook does not properly handle specific attachment types when rendering HTML emails, aka "Microsoft Office Tampering Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-word_2016-kb4022218

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