# CVE-2000-0653: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can monitor user emails by creating persistent browser links to Outlook Express windows, requiring user interaction to view the content.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2000
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jwc-8539-rgx6

## What is CVE-2000-0653?

CVE-2000-0653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Aug 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Microsoft Outlook Express allows remote attackers to monitor a user's email by creating a persistent browser link to the Outlook Express windows, aka the "Persistent Mail-Browser Link" vulnerability.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0653?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Outlook Express.

## How do I fix CVE-2000-0653?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0653 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2000-0653 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0653 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft Outlook Express 5 - JavaScript Email Access (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2004-0380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0380/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3147/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-0816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0816/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-3897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3897/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2001-1547](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1547/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0653 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2000-0653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Aug 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0653 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0653/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0653/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0653
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0653
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2000-0653

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