Description
Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002 - Unauthorized Email Access EDB-21003 · remote · Jul 12, 2001 · verified
- Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002 - Arbitrary Code Execution EDB-21004 · remote · Jul 12, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20010712 MS Office XP - the more money I give to Microsoft, the more vulnerable my Windows computers are mailing-list
- 3025 vdb-entry
- MS01-038 vendor-advisory
- outlook-activex-view-control(6831) vdb-entry
- L-113 third-party-advisory government-resource
- VU#131569 third-party-advisory
- 20010712 Vulnerability in IE/Outlook ActiveX control mailing-list