
Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstrates the CVE-2025-47176 vulnerability simulation. It injects a crafted mail item into Outlook containing a malicious sync path that triggers an action during scanning.
IMPORTANT:
This PoC simulates the vulnerable Outlook path parsing and triggers a system restart when the malicious path is detected.
You can also test this PoC by importing a crafted Outlook Profile File (malicious.prf):
Place malicious.prf in the same folder as PoC.py.
Run Outlook with the import command:
& "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /importprf malicious.prf
pywin32 package):
pip install pywin32
python PoC.py
shutdown /r /t 5).PoC.py - The Python proof-of-concept script.README.md - This file.This PoC is provided for educational and research purposes only.
Use responsibly and ethically.