CVE-2019-1105 Outlook for Android Spoofing Vulnerability
An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's context by sending a crafted email to Outlook for Android users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1105?
CVE-2019-1105 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, published on 29 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft Outlook for Android software parses specifically crafted email messages. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted email message to a victim. The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform cross-site scripting attacks on the affected systems and run scripts in the security context of the current user. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Outlook for Android parses specially crafted email messages.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1105?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Outlook.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1105?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1105 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2019-1105 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1105 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g48p-gv5g-mvv6.