Microsoft Outlook 2002 View ActiveX Control HTML Email privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook 2002 (Groupware Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component View ActiveX Control. The manipulation as part of a HTML Email leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.
The weakness was released 08/14/2001 by Georgi Guninski as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0538. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2019). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6831).
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
07/12/2001 🔍08/14/2001 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2001-0538 (🔍)
X-Force: 6831
Vulnerability Center: 2844 - [MS01-038] Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control Allows Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 3025 - Microsoft Outlook Unauthorized Email Access Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 00:24Updated: 05/16/2019 17:23
Changes: 07/08/2014 00:24 (59), 05/16/2019 17:23 (3)
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