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Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (949031)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4421

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the email client.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Outlook or Exchange that is vulnerable to a bug when processing a specially malformed URI mailto: link, which can let an attacker execute arbitrary code on the remote host by sending a specially crafted email.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Outlook 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007.

See Also

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-015.mspx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4421

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 3/11/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 31414

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0110

BID: 28147