Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5/6.0 Virus Protection privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5/6.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Virus Protection. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2002-0285. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5/6.0 (Mail Client Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Virus Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.

The weakness was released 05/31/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0285. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/16/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8198), SecurityFocus (BID 4092†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2735†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/13/2002 🔍
05/31/2002 +107 days 🔍
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10/30/2003 +517 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3907 days 🔍
05/16/2019 +1770 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0285 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0285
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18216
X-Force: 8198
SecurityFocus: 4092 - Outlook Express Attachment Carriage Return/Linefeed Encapsulation Filtering Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2735 - Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 Virus Protection Bypass, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:05
Updated: 05/16/2019 14:10
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:05 (56), 05/16/2019 14:10 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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