Vulnerability in Microsoft Office

CVE-2004-0121

Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2002 does not sufficiently filter parameters of mailto: URLs when using them as arguments when calling OUTLOOK.EXE, which allows remote attackers to use script code in the Local Machine zone and execute arbitrary programs.

EPSS: 0.477 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
  • cve@mitre.org (government-resource, Broken Link, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_IDEFENSE, Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-0121?
CVE-2004-0121 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Argument Injection. Published 2004-04-15.
Is CVE-2004-0121 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.