Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19819
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/25003
Scores
EPSS
0.1538
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-88
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/outlook
2003 sp1
Published
Apr 26, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026