CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-1088
7.5 HIGH
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- 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
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3Bq234241 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188752 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2823 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6655 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3Bq234241 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188752 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2823 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6655 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com