Outlook Express BCC: Recipient Disclosure

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2150

Synopsis

The remote email client is vulnerable to a flaw where the 'BCC' address is not hidden.

Description

The remote host is using Outlook Express version 6.00 or 6.00 SP1. It is reported that the effectiveness of the BCC: field in these versions cannot be trusted. People receiving the mail through the To: and CC: fields can find the invisible receipients by opening the mail in a text editor.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2150

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2137

BID: 11040

Detections

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