CVE-2003-1378

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 and Outlook 2000, with the security zone set to Internet Zone, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email with the CODEBASE parameter set to the program, a vulnerability similar to CAN-2002-0077.

Affected products

Microsoft Outlook: 2000, 2000-sp2, 2000-sr1
Microsoft Outlook Express: 6.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312910
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6923
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11411
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312910
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6923
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11411

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