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CVE-2019-0540
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office does not validate URLs.An attacker could send a victim a specially…
Medium5.5EPSS 10.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office does not validate URLs.An attacker could send a victim a specially crafted file, which could trick the victim into entering credentials, aka 'Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.8% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Security Feature Bypass
- CWE-601 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-601 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- affected 2013 RT Service Pack 1
- affected 2016 (32-bit edition)
- affected 2016 (64-bit edition)
- affected 2019 for 32-bit editions
- affected 2019 for 64-bit editions
- affected Word Viewer
Microsoft · Microsoft Excel Viewer
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Office 365 ProPlus
- affected 32-bit Systems
- affected 64-bit Systems
Microsoft · Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
- affected Service Pack 3
References (2)
- 106863 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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