Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook
CVE-2004-2482
Microsoft Outlook 2000 and 2003, when configured to use Microsoft Word 2000 or 2003 as the e-mail editor and when forwarding e-mail, does not properly handle an opening OBJECT tag that does not have a closing OBJECT tag, which causes Outlook to automatically download the URI in the data property of the OBJECT tag and might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.128 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.128 · newest: 0.128 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Outlook — versions 2000, 2003
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16663 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/7769 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/368492 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/12041 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10683 (vdb-entry)