CVE-2001-0538

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 52.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.

Affected products

Microsoft Outlook: through 2002

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99496431214078&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0107&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=862
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6831
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99496431214078&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0107&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=862
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025

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