Unscored severity · published Apr 26, 2006
CVE-2006-2055
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…
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CVSS
15.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)15.4% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OU
Outlook · Microsoft
2003 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2055
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2055
Broken Link
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19819
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/25003
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
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