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CVE-2006-2055

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2055 describes an argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate command-line arguments when launching the mail client. This is achieved by injecting double quotes into a mailto: scheme handler, potentially leading to the opening of arbitrary files as attachments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, but only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1538 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ingehenriksen.blogspot.com / 2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/19819
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26118
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
osvdb.org / 25003
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1538
Broken Link