CVE-2006-2055

N/A Unknown
Published: April 26, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19819
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/25003
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19819
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/25003
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
21.0%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

microsoft