Microsoft Outlook IFrame Embedded Media Player File Vulnerability

BID:4340

Info

Microsoft Outlook IFrame Embedded Media Player File Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4340
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0481
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 21 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Discovered by Richard M. Smith <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Outlook 2002 0
+ Microsoft Office XP
+ Microsoft Office XP
+ Microsoft Office XP
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Outlook IFrame Embedded Media Player File Vulnerability

An issue has been reported with Microsoft Outlook which may result in the automatic execution of JavaScript in HTML formatted email.

If a Windows Media Player file is referenced within an IFRAME tag, JavaScript commands included in the file may automatically execute when the email is viewed.

Additional versions of Outlook may share this vulnerability. This has not, however, been confirmed.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Outlook IFrame Embedded Media Player File Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Outlook IFrame Embedded Media Player File Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Microsoft Outlook IFrame Embedded Media Player File Vulnerability

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