Microsoft Outlook up to 2000 Holiday Feature authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook up to 2000 (Groupware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Holiday Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Outlook 8.5 and earlier, and Outlook Express 5 and earlier, with the "Automatically put people I reply to in my address book" option enabled, do not notify the user when the "Reply-To" address is different than the "From" address, which could allow an untrusted remote attacker to spoof legitimate addresses and intercept email from the client that is intended for another user.

The weakness was shared 06/05/2001 by 3APA3A (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1088. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6655).

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: 3APA3A
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1088 (🔍)
X-Force: 6655
Vulnerability Center: 2842 - Microsoft Outlook <=8.5 and Outlook Express <= 5 Allow Spoofing Attack, High
SecurityFocus: 2823 - Microsoft Outlook Express Address Book Spoofing Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 12:46
Updated: 05/16/2019 17:15
Changes: 07/04/2014 12:46 (57), 05/16/2019 17:15 (5)
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