CVE-2020-1229

Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2020-1229 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by KB4484378, released June 9, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
n/a
Important
Exploitation
None reported
Exploitation Less Likely
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0392
90th percentile

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when Office fails to enforce security settings configured on a system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a system to load remote images. These images could disclose the IP address of the targeted system to the attacker.</p> <p>Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted image with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted image to the user.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by changing how remote images are processed in Outlook.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) KB4484378 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) KB4484373 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) KB4484378 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) KB4484373 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1 KB4484351 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) KB4484351 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) KB4484351 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition) KB4484342 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition) KB4484342 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) KB4484380 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) KB4484380 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1 KB4484361 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) KB4484361 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) KB4484361 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition) KB4484396 Jun 9, 2020
Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition) KB4484396 Jun 9, 2020

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