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CVE-2019-0540

Microsoft Microsoft Office; Microsoft Microsoft Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus; Microsoft Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer Published: 2019-03-06 03:00 (7 years ago)

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office does not validate URLs.An attacker could send a victim a specially crafted file, which could trick the victim into entering credentials, aka 'Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Excel Viewer	unspecified
Microsoft	Microsoft Office	2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions), 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions), 2013 RT Service Pack 1, 2016 (32-bit edition), 2016 (64-bit edition), 2019 for 32-bit editions, 2019 for 64-bit editions, Word Viewer
Microsoft	Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack	Service Pack 3
Microsoft	Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer	unspecified
Microsoft	Office 365 ProPlus	32-bit Systems, 64-bit Systems

References and patches

CVSS score

Not scored yet. It appears here once the CNA, CISA or NVD scores it.

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

10.83%

higher than 96% of all CVEs

Timeline

ID reserved2018-11-26
Published2019-03-06 03:00
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:51
Last updated2024-08-04 20:51

Assigned by (CNA): microsoft

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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