Microsoft Outlook Express/Windows Mail MHTML Ressource information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MHTML Ressource Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-2227. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail (Mail Client Software) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component MHTML Ressource Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail in Windows Vista does not properly handle Content-Disposition "notifications," which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from other Internet Explorer domains, aka "Content Disposition Parsing Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2007 by Yosuke Hasegawa with WebAppSec.JP as MS07-034 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2227 since 04/24/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25487 (MS07-034: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (929123)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90398 (Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (MS07-034)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-034 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34623), Tenable (25487), SecurityFocus (BID 24410†), OSVDB (35346†) and Secunia (SA25639†). Additional details are provided at informationweek.com. The entries VDB-2191, VDB-3124, VDB-3128 and VDB-3126 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 25487
Nessus Name: MS07-034: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (929123)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-034
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-034
Researcher: Yosuke Hasegawa
Organization: WebAppSec.JP
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2227 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2227
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3127

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X-Force: 34623
SecurityFocus: 24410 - Microsoft Outlook Express Content Disposition Parsing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 25639 - Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 35346 - Microsoft Outlook Express / Windows Mail MHTML Content Disposition Parsing Cross Domain Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1018234 - Windows Mail MHTML Protocol Handler Content-Disposition Bug Lets Remote Users Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 15362 - [MS07-034] Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail Remote Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2154

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

Created: 06/18/2007 19:38
Updated: 06/22/2025 04:40
Changes: 06/18/2007 19:38 (86), 12/29/2016 13:00 (11), 03/15/2021 14:52 (4), 06/22/2025 04:40 (18)
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