Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00 Plain Message Script Tag cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Plain Message Handler. The manipulation as part of Script Tag leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0999. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has an historic impact. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Plain Message Handler. The manipulation as part of a Script Tag leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Outlook Express 6.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script by embedding SCRIPT tags in a message whose MIME content type is text/plain, contrary to the expected behavior that text/plain messages will not run script.

The weakness was released 09/12/2001 by http-equiv as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0999. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7118), SecurityFocus (BID 3334†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2733†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: http-equiv
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0999 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0999
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17351
X-Force: 7118 - Microsoft Outlook Express \
SecurityFocus: 3334 - Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Plain Text Message Script Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2733 - Outlook Express 6.00 Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 01:42
Updated: 05/16/2019 13:01
Changes: 07/09/2014 01:42 (42), 05/16/2019 13:01 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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