{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0538 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2001-0538 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0538 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2001-0538 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0538 exists.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Outlook. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0538/index.md)","id":"CVE-2001-0538","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0538/index.md","name":"CVE-2001-0538","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xxqr-h45r-xgm7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Microsoft Outlook","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via malicious HTML emails or web pages exploiting the Outlook View ActiveX Control.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"outlook","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":10,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":2,"first_seen":"2001-07-12","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2001-07-12","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"21003","stars":null,"title":"Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002 - Unauthorized Email Access"},{"date":"2001-07-12","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"21004","stars":null,"title":"Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002 - Arbitrary Code Execution"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2001-0538","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:outlook","products":["microsoft:outlook"],"type":"code_injection","year":"2001"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2001-0540"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2001-0537"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2002-03-09","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Office Outlook Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2017-11774","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2017-10-13"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-3870","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-09-11"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-2728","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-09-15"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-0266","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-07-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2003-1378","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2007-10-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2007-4040","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2007-07-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-08","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via malicious HTML emails or web pages exploiting the Outlook View ActiveX Control.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0538/"}