CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-1547
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-12-31
- 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
Outlook Express 6.0, with "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" enabled, does not block email attachments from forwarded messages, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Affected configurations
• microsoft outlook express 6.0
References
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7670.php www.iss.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/243869 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.windows-help.net/microsoft/oe6-attach.html www.windows-help.net
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7670.php www.iss.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/243869 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.windows-help.net/microsoft/oe6-attach.html www.windows-help.net