Researchers Uncover How Outlook Vulnerability Could Leak Your NTLM Passwords
Threat actors may use a security hole in Microsoft Outlook that has since been fixed to gain access to hashed passwords for NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 when an NTLM file is opened.
The IT giant fixed the problem, identified as CVE-2023-35636 (CVSS score: 6.5), in its Patch Tuesday releases for December 2023.
Microsoft stated in a warning published last month that "in an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file.
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