PT-2004-1615 · Microsoft · Outlook

Published 2004-06-03 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0501

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Outlook version 2003

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This can be achieved by sending an HTML e-mail message containing a Vector Markup Language (VML) entity. The src parameter of this entity points to a remote site, which could allow attackers to determine when a message has been read, verify valid e-mail addresses, and possibly leak other information.

Recommendations For Outlook version 2003, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the handling of VML entities in HTML e-mail messages until a patch is available. Restrict access to external URLs from within Outlook to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using Outlook to access potentially malicious HTML e-mail messages until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0501

Affected Products

Outlook

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/24114 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/10323 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0501 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16116 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108430168919965&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108637351805607&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=108644231209698&w=2 · Note