Description
Argument injection vulnerability involving Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.
Published: 2007-07-27
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 16.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Microsoft Outlook Outlook Express
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-03T14:27:23.595Z

Reserved: 2007-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4040

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:37:06.210Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-07-27T22:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4040

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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