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CVE-2020-1229 — A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when Office

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'.

CVSS
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EPSS
8.57% (top 7.70%)
CWE
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Published
2020-06-09T19:43:31.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T06:31:59.949Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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'.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office2019 for 32-bit editions, 2019 for 64-bit editions, 2019 for Mac, 2016 (32-bit edition), 2016 (64-bit edition), 2016 for Mac, 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions), 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions), 2013 RT Service Pack 1, 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
MicrosoftMicrosoft Word2016 (32-bit edition), 2016 (64-bit edition), 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions), 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions), 2013 RT Service Pack 1, 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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