Microsoft Outlook CVE-2020-0696 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook software when it improperly handles the parsing of URI formats. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution. However, to successfully exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to use it in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to take advantage of the security feature bypass vulnerability and run arbitrary code. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted URI with an affected version of Microsoft Outlook software. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Outlook handles the parsing of URI formats.

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Microsoft Outlook 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
Microsoft Outlook 2016 x86
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
Microsoft Outlook 2016 x64

CVE References

CVE-2020-0696