CVE-2002-0285

Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2002-05-31 04:00

Updated : 2024-02-04 16:31

NVD link : CVE-2002-0285

Mitre link : CVE-2002-0285

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2002-0285

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

outlook_express

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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