CVE-2004-0121 (GCVE-0-2004-0121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
Argument 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305206 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9827 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107893704602842&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2004-03-09 00:00
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