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CVE-2024-20670

Outlook for Windows

Microsoft CVSS 8.1 Updated March 14, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A spoofing vulnerability exists in Outlook for Windows, which could allow an attacker to trick users into taking unintended actions. This vulnerability can be exploited by sending a specially crafted email to the victim."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Executable
Target Asset outlook.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: outlook.exe (Executable)
$Targets = 'outlook.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Email services may be affected

Internal Work Notes

Apply latest security updates to Outlook for Windows to mitigate spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2024-20670)

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