CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0380

10.0 HIGH Published 2004-05-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-05-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 through Outlook Express 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to bypass domain restrictions and execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated on Internet Explorer using script in a compiled help (CHM) file that references the InfoTech Storage (ITS) protocol handlers such as (1) ms-its, (2) ms-itss, (3) its, or (4) mk:@MSITStore, aka the "MHTML URL Processing Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft outlook express 5.5 • microsoft outlook express 6.0

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions weakness

References