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CVE-2003-1378
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 and Outlook 2000, with the security zone set to Internet Zone, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High8.8EPSS 15.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 and Outlook 2000, with the security zone set to Internet Zone, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email with the CODEBASE parameter set to the program, a vulnerability similar to CAN-2002-0077.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.6% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20030223 O UT LO OK E XPRE SS 6 .00 : broken (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- outlook-codebase-execute-programs(11411) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6923 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030224 Re: O UT LO OK E XPRE SS 6 .00 : broken (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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