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01 Record

CVE-2019-0540

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
12.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 96.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-03-06 00:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 17:51Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-11-26
Assigning CNA
microsoft
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-601URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
7a5e80b498818a664dd3d6db870d4169552e6d3518c23e35c2918d23e1ce51ea

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions), 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions), 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions), 2013 RT Service Pack 1, 2016 (32-bit edition), 2016 (64-bit edition), 2019 for 32-bit editions, 2019 for 64-bit editions, Word Viewer—
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel ViewerNot specified—
MicrosoftOffice 365 ProPlus32-bit Systems, 64-bit Systems—
MicrosoftMicrosoft PowerPoint ViewerNot specified—
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office Compatibility PackService Pack 3—

06 References