Microsoft Outlook Express on Mac HTML Attachment privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook Express on Mac (Mail Client Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component HTML Attachment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Outlook Express 5 for Macintosh downloads attachments to HTML mail without prompting the user, aka the "HTML Mail Attachment" vulnerability.
The weakness was shared 12/22/1999 with Microsoft as MS99-060 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0036. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Applying the patch MS99-060 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3551).
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Patch: MS99-060
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS99-060
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-0036 (🔍)
X-Force: 3551
Vulnerability Center: 2873 - [MS99-060] Outlook Express 5 for Macintosh Allows Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 883 - Microsoft Outlook Express for MacOS HTML Attachment Automatic Download Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/22/2014 16:21Updated: 05/16/2019 18:10
Changes: 06/22/2014 16:21 (61), 05/16/2019 18:10 (3)
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