Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook
CVE-2001-0538
Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.529 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.529 · newest: 0.529 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-038 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6831 (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0538?
- CVE-2001-0538 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. Published 2001-08-14.
- Is CVE-2001-0538 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.