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CVE-2004-2482

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2000 and 2003, when configured to use Microsoft Word 2000 or 2003 as the e-mail editor and when forwarding e-mail, does not properly handle an opening OBJECT tag that does not have a closing OBJECT tag, which causes Outlook to automatically download the URI in the data property of the OBJECT tag and might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook: 2000, 2003

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/12041
• http://www.osvdb.org/7769
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/368492
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10683
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16663
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12041
• http://www.osvdb.org/7769
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/368492
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10683
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16663

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