CVE-2024-43604: CWE-1220: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Outlook for Android
CVE-2024-43604 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for Android caused by insufficient granularity of access control. It allows a user with limited privileges to potentially elevate their access rights. The vulnerability affects version 1.0 of the application. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue. The CVSS score is 5.7, indicating a medium severity level. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43604 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for Android where insufficient granularity in access control can lead to elevation of privilege. This means that a user with limited privileges could gain higher access than intended. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-1220 and affects version 1.0 of the product. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.7, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges with user interaction. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with limited privileges on Microsoft Outlook for Android version 1.0 could exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher access within the application. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data or functionality. However, there is no indication of impact on confidentiality beyond the elevated privileges, and no known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the update to Microsoft Outlook for Android version 1.0 to remediate the issue. Since the remediation level is 'official-fix', applying the vendor-provided patch is the recommended course of action.
CVE-2024-43604: CWE-1220: Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Outlook for Android
Description
CVE-2024-43604 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for Android caused by insufficient granularity of access control. It allows a user with limited privileges to potentially elevate their access rights. The vulnerability affects version 1.0 of the application. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue. The CVSS score is 5.7, indicating a medium severity level. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.7medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43604 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for Android where insufficient granularity in access control can lead to elevation of privilege. This means that a user with limited privileges could gain higher access than intended. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-1220 and affects version 1.0 of the product. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.7, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges with user interaction. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with limited privileges on Microsoft Outlook for Android version 1.0 could exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining higher access within the application. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data or functionality. However, there is no indication of impact on confidentiality beyond the elevated privileges, and no known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the update to Microsoft Outlook for Android version 1.0 to remediate the issue. Since the remediation level is 'official-fix', applying the vendor-provided patch is the recommended course of action.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.551Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a2867288dd33fbd85723255
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 19:19:04 UTC
Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 11:28:35 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 11:03:13 UTC
Views: 70
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