8.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-38021
Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

July 9, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-38021 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-38021 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft 365_apps
3 Microsoft office_long_term_servicing_channel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-38021.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : Feb. 8, 2023, 5:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-38021 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Hacker News
Microsoft Fixes 90 New Flaws, Including Actively Exploited NTLM and Task Scheduler Bugs

Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that two security flaws impacting Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) and Task Scheduler have come under active exploitation in the wild. The security vulnerabilities are among ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 13, 2024 (3 weeks ago)
  • Dark Reading
2 Zero-Day Bugs in Microsoft's Nov. Update Under Active Exploit

Source: Rix Pix Photography via ShutterstockAttackers are already actively exploiting two vulnerabilities for which Microsoft issued patches on Nov. 12 as part of its monthly security update. And they ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 12, 2024 (3 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • Help Net Security
Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-43573, CVE-2024-43572)

For October 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 117 security vulnerabilities, including two under active exploitation: CVE-2024-43573, a spoofing bug affecting the Windows MSHTML Plat ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 08, 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
  • Help Net Security
Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461)

CVE-2024-43461, a spoofing vulnerability affecting Windows MSHTML – a software component used by various apps for rendering render web pages on Windows – “was exploited as a part of an attack chain re ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 16, 2024 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Flaws in ImageMagick, Linux Kernel, and SonicWall

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning, adding three actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The agency’ ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 10, 2024 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-6342: Critical Command Injection Flaw in Zyxel NAS Devices, Hotfixes Released for End-of-Support Products

Zyxel has released critical hotfixes for two of its NAS products, NAS326 and NAS542, which have already reached their end-of-vulnerability-support lifecycle. These devices are susceptible to a command ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 10, 2024 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Critical Kibana Flaws (CVE-2024-37288, CVE-2024-37285) Expose Systems to Arbitrary Code Execution

Elastic, the company behind the popular open-source data visualization and analytics platform Kibana, has issued a critical security advisory urging users to update immediately to version 8.15.1. Two ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 09, 2024 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
MindsDB Fixes Critical CVE-2024-24759: DNS Rebinding Attack Bypasses Security Protections

MindsDB, the widely-used open-source platform for building AI applications, has patched a severe security vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass security measures and launch a variety of a ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 08, 2024 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-44000 (CVSS 9.8): Litespeed Cache flaw exposes millions of WordPress sites to takeover attacks

A significant security vulnerability has been uncovered in the popular LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, which boasts over 5 million active installations. The vulnerability, discovered by Rafie Mu ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 05, 2024 (2 months, 4 weeks ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-43044: Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Servers to RCE, PoC Exploit Published

A security researcher from Conviso Labs published the technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical CVE-2024-43044 vulnerability in Jenkin.Jenkins is integral to many developme ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 02, 2024 (3 months ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CVE-2024-39584: Dell BIOS Flaw Exposes Systems to Secure Boot Bypass and Arbitrary Code Execution

In a recent security advisory, Dell disclosed a high-severity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-39584, affecting the BIOS of several popular Dell client platforms. This vulnerability, carrying a C ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 29, 2024 (3 months ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
Researcher Details Microsoft Outlook Zero-Click Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38021)

Morphisec researchers have detailed a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, identified as CVE-2024-38021, which has the potential to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerab ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 21, 2024 (3 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • tripwire.com
Tripwire Patch Priority Index for July 2024

Tripwire's July 2024 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft.First on the list are patches for Microsoft Office and Outlook that resolve remote code executio ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 06, 2024 (3 months, 4 weeks ago)
  • krebsonsecurity.com
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2024 Edition

Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug at least 139 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Redmond says attackers are already exploiting at least two ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 09, 2024 (4 months, 3 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-38021 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021 No Types Assigned https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Added Reference Microsoft Corporation https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Microsoft Corporation CWE-20
    Added CVSS V3.1 Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-38021 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-38021 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
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