FKIE_CVE-2004-0121

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-04-15 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:04
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107893704602842&w=2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=79&type=vulnerabilitiesBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305206Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9827Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-070A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-009Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15429Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A843Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107893704602842&w=2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=79&type=vulnerabilitiesBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305206Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9827Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-070A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-009Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15429Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A843Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft office xp
microsoft outlook 2002
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:04:59.117",
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