CVE-2002-1056

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2000 and 2002, when configured to use Microsoft Word as the email editor, does not block scripts that are used while editing email messages in HTML or Rich Text Format (RTF), which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via an email that the user forwards or replies to.

Affected products

Microsoft Outlook: 2000, 2002
Microsoft Word for Android: 2000, 2000-sr1, 2000-sr1a, 2002

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101760380418890&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265621
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8708.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4397
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A205
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A429
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101760380418890&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265621
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8708.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4397
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-021

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