Executive Summary
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Title | Microsoft Office mailto URI remote code execution |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#393305 | First vendor Publication | 2008-03-11 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2008-04-01 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Vulnerability Note VU#393305Microsoft Office mailto URI remote code executionOverviewA vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Outlook handles a certain type of hyperlink could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.I. DescriptionMicrosoft Outlook provides a centralized application for managing and organizing e-mail messages, schedules, tasks, notes, contacts, and other information. Outlook is included as a component of newer versions of Microsoft Office and available as a stand-alone product.Outlook exposes a vulnerability due to inadequate checking of parameters passed to the Outlook email client. The vulnerability is caused due to the manner in which Outlook interprest a mailto: URI. By creating a specially formatted mailto: URI, an attacker may be able to alter the way that Outlook is invoked in order to allow code execution. The malicious code could be delivered to the victim via a specially-crafted HTML email message or from a webpage controlled by the attacker. Microsoft has addressed this vulnerability in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-015.
Systems Affected
References
Microsoft acknowledges Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs for reporting this vulnerability. This document was written by Joseph W. Pruszynski.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/393305 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5278 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5278 | ||
Title: | Outlook URI Vulnerability | ||
Description: | Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook in Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and Sp3, and Office System allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mailto URI. | ||
Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2008-0110 | Version: | 3 |
Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | Product(s): | Microsoft Outlook |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 5 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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42710 | Microsoft Outlook mailto: URI Handling Arbitrary Command Execution |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
Date | Description |
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2008-03-13 | IAVM : 2008-A-0012 - Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0015764 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2014-01-10 | Microsoft Office Outlook arbitrary command line attempt RuleID : 23211 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-OFFICE |
2014-01-10 | Microsoft Office Outlook arbitrary command line attempt RuleID : 13573 - Revision : 20 - Type : FILE-OFFICE |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2008-03-11 | Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the email client. File : smb_nt_ms08-015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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