PT-2007-5248 · Microsoft · Outlook Express+1

Thor Larholm · Published 2007-07-27 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-4040

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue involves an argument injection vulnerability. When certain URIs are registered, remote attackers can conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI. These metacharacters are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4040

Affected Products

Outlook

Outlook Express

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4040 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html · Note
• http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse · Note