Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2024-38173 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook (rated Important, CVSS 6.7).

1 version

Microsoft id: CVE-2024-38173
Products: Microsoft Office Outlook
Severity: Important
Impact: Remote Code Execution
CVSS: 6.7
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Exploited: No
Publicly disclosed: No
Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
Customer action required: Yes
Release: 2024-Aug
Assigned by: Microsoft
Weakness: CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
MSRC revision: 1.1
Status pages: Outlook status
First captured by us: 13 Nov 2026, 14:55 UTC (from our first import of this list)
Microsoft last modified: 14 Aug 2024, 07:00 UTC
Source: Security updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft's revision notes

Revision 1.0, 2024-08-13: Information published.
Revision 1.1, 2024-08-14: Corrected Download links in the Security Updates table. This is an informational change only.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?

Security updates, 07:00 UTC, 14 Aug 2024

One version so far. If Microsoft edits it, each change shows here with what was removed and added.

First version we captured · 14:55 UTC, 13 Nov
The text as we first saw it
Seen by us 14:55 UTC, 13 Nov · Microsoft's timestamp 07:00 UTC, 14 Aug 2024 · Microsoft's page