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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.477 (98.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.477 · newest: 0.477 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions xp
- Microsoft Outlook — versions 2002
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-070A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-009 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305206 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15414 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15429 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:843 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtml (government-resource, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9827 (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, 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.