CVE-2006-2055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.

Published: 2006-04-26

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 21.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20971.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19819
http://www.osvdb.org/25003
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Outlook

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-26T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:31.193Z

Reserved: 2006-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2055

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-26T20:06:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2055

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-88

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