CVE-2004-0121

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0121
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-04-15 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionArgument 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-88 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office xp sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Outlook 2002 sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
iDEFENSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
VU#305206 - Microsoft Outlook fails to properly filter parameters passed via "mailto:" URL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-009 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-070A -- Microsoft Outlook mailto URL Handling Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Microsoft Outlook Mailto Parameter Quoting Zone Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
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