Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express
CVE-2007-2227
The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail in Windows Vista does not properly handle Content-Disposition "notifications," which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from other Internet Explorer domains, aka "Content Disposition Parsing Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.250 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.250 · newest: 0.250 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Outlook Express — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions sp1, sp2
- Microsoft Windows Mail
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-034 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- openmya.hacker.jp/hasegawa/security/ms07-034.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472002/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- archive.openmya.devnull.jp/2007.06/msg00060.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24410 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25639 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-2227?
- CVE-2007-2227 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express. Published 2007-06-12.
- Is CVE-2007-2227 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.