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CVE-2004-0501
Outlook 2003 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and cause Outlook to request a URL from a remote site via an…
Medium5.0EPSS 18.7%
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- mitre
Description
Outlook 2003 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and cause Outlook to request a URL from a remote site via an HTML e-mail message containing a Vector Markup Language (VML) entity whose src parameter points to the remote site, which could allow remote attackers to know when a message has been read, verify valid e-mail addresses, and possibly leak other information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.7% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20040604 RE: PING: Outlook 2003 Spam (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- outlook-vml-obtain-information(16116) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040511 PING: Outlook 2003 Spam (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 10323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040604 RE: PING: Outlook 2003 Spam (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
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