CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1088

7.5 HIGH Published 2001-06-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-06-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Microsoft Outlook 8.5 and earlier, and Outlook Express 5 and earlier, with the "Automatically put people I reply to in my address book" option enabled, do not notify the user when the "Reply-To" address is different than the "From" address, which could allow an untrusted remote attacker to spoof legitimate addresses and intercept email from the client that is intended for another user.

Affected configurations

• microsoft outlook 97 • microsoft outlook 98 • microsoft outlook 2000 • microsoft outlook express 4.0 • microsoft outlook express 4.5 • microsoft outlook express 4.27.3110 • microsoft outlook express 4.72.2106 • microsoft outlook express 4.72.3120.0 • microsoft outlook express 4.72.3612 • microsoft outlook express 5.0 • microsoft outlook express 5.5

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