PT-2004-3374 · Microsoft · Outlook+1

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2482

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Outlook versions 2000 through 2003

Description: The issue occurs when Microsoft Outlook is configured to use Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor and the user forwards an e-mail. It fails to properly handle an opening OBJECT tag without a corresponding closing OBJECT tag. This causes Outlook to automatically download the URI specified in the data property of the OBJECT tag, potentially allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Outlook versions 2000 through 2003, consider disabling the use of Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid forwarding e-mails that may contain malicious OBJECT tags.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2482

Affected Products

Outlook

Office Word

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2482 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/368492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12041 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16663 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10683 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7769 · Note