CVE-2024-43482: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Outlook for iOS
Microsoft Outlook for iOS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43482 and classified under CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), affects Microsoft Outlook for iOS version 1.0.0. It allows information disclosure due to improper authorization controls within the application. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5 (medium severity), with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. The confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability impacts are none. Microsoft has published an official fix and remediation is available.
Potential Impact
An attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely to disclose sensitive information from the Outlook for iOS app without requiring user interaction. The confidentiality impact is high, but there is no impact on integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the update to Microsoft Outlook for iOS version 1.0.0 as provided in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43482 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-43482: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Outlook for iOS
Description
Microsoft Outlook for iOS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43482 and classified under CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), affects Microsoft Outlook for iOS version 1.0.0. It allows information disclosure due to improper authorization controls within the application. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5 (medium severity), with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. The confidentiality impact is high, while integrity and availability impacts are none. Microsoft has published an official fix and remediation is available.
Potential Impact
An attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely to disclose sensitive information from the Outlook for iOS app without requiring user interaction. The confidentiality impact is high, but there is no impact on integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the update to Microsoft Outlook for iOS version 1.0.0 as provided in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43482 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.518Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43482","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6cdab7ef31ef0b569894
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:42:50 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:58:00 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 38
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