Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000 Rich Text winmail.dat Path information disclosure
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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000 (Groupware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Rich Text Handler. The manipulation as part of a winmail.dat leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
The Microsoft Outlook mail client identifies the physical path of the sender s machine within a winmail.dat attachment to Rich Text Format (RTF) files.
The weakness was published 10/20/2000 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0753. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (5508). Similar entry is available at 15898.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Name: PathClass: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes
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Timeline
08/24/2000 🔍10/20/2000 🔍
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06/27/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0753 (🔍)
X-Force: 5508
Vulnerability Center: 2865 - Microsoft Outlook Enables Sensitive Information, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1631 - Microsoft Outlook Rich Text Format Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 06/27/2014 17:25Updated: 05/16/2019 17:51
Changes: 06/27/2014 17:25 (59), 05/16/2019 17:51 (3)
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