Microsoft has confirmed that a critical Outlook vulnerability, rated at 9.8 out of a maximum 10, is known to have already been exploited in the wild. If you think that sounds bad, it get’s worse: the exploit is triggered upon receipt of a malicious email and so is executed before that email is read in the preview pane.
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