CVE-2024-38021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16124.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	365 Apps Subscribe Office Subscribe Office Long Term Servicing Channel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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:::::::*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38021

History

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:::::::x86:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel::::::::

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.13718}`	epss `{'score': 0.15704}`

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016::::::x64: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016::::::x86:

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-07-09T17:03:06.606Z

Updated: 2025-12-09T23:47:26.427Z

Reserved: 2024-06-11T18:18:00.680Z

Link: CVE-2024-38021

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:04:24.868Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-09T17:15:28.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:24:43.837

Link: CVE-2024-38021

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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