PT-1999-1541 · Microsoft · Outlook Express

Published 1999-05-11 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1033

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Outlook Express versions prior to 4.72.3612.1700

Description The issue allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a sequence of characters, which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.72.3612.1700, update to version 4.72.3612.1700 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1033

Affected Products

Outlook Express

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/252 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19207 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1033 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92663402004275&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92647407427342&w=2 · Note