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CVE-2001-0538 (GCVE-0-2001-0538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:21
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1… mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
Date Public
2001-07-12 00:00
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