Microsoft Outlook Express on Mac HTML Attachment privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Outlook Express on Mac. This affects an unknown function of the component HTML Attachment Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0036. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

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 databases at X-Force (3551), SecurityFocus (BID 883†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2873†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Patch: MS99-060

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS99-060
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0036 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0036
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15089
X-Force: 3551
SecurityFocus: 883 - Microsoft Outlook Express for MacOS HTML Attachment Automatic Download Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2873 - [MS99-060] Outlook Express 5 for Macintosh Allows Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 16:21
Updated: 04/20/2026 00:34
Changes: 06/22/2014 16:21 (61), 05/16/2019 18:10 (3), 04/20/2026 00:34 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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