CVE-2004-0501 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can leak information and verify email addresses by sending HTML emails with VML entities that trigger remote URL requests in Outlook.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0501?
CVE-2004-0501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, published on 3 Jun 2004. 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
Outlook 2003 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and cause Outlook to request a URL from a remote site via an HTML e-mail message containing a Vector Markup Language (VML) entity whose src parameter points to the remote site, which could allow remote attackers to know when a message has been read, verify valid e-mail addresses, and possibly leak other information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0501?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Outlook.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0501?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-0501 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0501 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9wr-f9jq-3935.