CVE-2004-0121

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 47.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-09-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2002 does not sufficiently filter parameters of mailto: URLs when using them as arguments when calling OUTLOOK.EXE, which allows remote attackers to use script code in the Local Machine zone and execute arbitrary programs.

Affected products

Microsoft Office: xp-sp2
Microsoft Outlook: 2002-sp2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107893704602842&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=79&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305206
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9827
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-070A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15414
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15429
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A843
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107893704602842&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtml

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