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CVE-2004-0121
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2002 does not sufficiently filter parameters of mailto: URLs when using them as…
High7.5EPSS 47.7%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 47.7% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- TA04-070A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS04-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#305206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- outlook-mailtourl-execute-code(15414) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- outlook-ms04009-patch(15429) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- O-096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 9827 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040309 Microsoft Outlook "mailto:" Parameter Passing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 20040310 Outlook mailto: URL argument injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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