An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Project reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could view out of bound memory that potentially could contain sensitive information. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Project. The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable.
What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory. Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability? No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
Dor Zvi of <a href="https://www.mimecast.com/blog/">Mimecast Research Labs</a>