CVE-2004-2482 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-08-21

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 21.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2003:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.21362.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Outlook

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.483Z

Reserved: 2005-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2482

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2482

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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