Description
Outlook 2003 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and cause Outlook to request a URL from a remote site via an HTML e-mail message containing a Vector Markup Language (VML) entity whose src parameter points to the remote site, which could allow remote attackers to know when a message has been read, verify valid e-mail addresses, and possibly leak other information.
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 1
- Microsoft Outlook 2003 - Mail Client E-mail Address Verification EDB-24114 · remote · May 11, 2004 · verified
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References
- 20040604 RE: PING: Outlook 2003 Spam mailing-list
- outlook-vml-obtain-information(16116) vdb-entry
- 20040511 PING: Outlook 2003 Spam mailing-list
- 10323 vdb-entry
- 20040604 RE: PING: Outlook 2003 Spam mailing-list