CVE-2003-1378 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 and Outlook 2000, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs. This occurs when the security zone is set to "Internet Zone" and a malicious HTML email leverages the CODEBASE parameter. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity but high impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2000:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.