Home/CVE/Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command l
CVE

CVE-2006-2055

Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command l

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.14688
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
▤

Affected Products & Versions

1
microsoft outlookall versions
◈

Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious File Created in Outlook Temporary Directory
producthighSuspicious Outlook Macro Created
producthighPotential Persistence Via Outlook Form
producthighSuspicious Execution From Outlook Temporary Folder
producthighSuspicious Remote Child Process From Outlook
producthighSuspicious Outlook Child Process
▣

Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
View on NVD
This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD26 Apr 2006 · 08:06 PM
🔗

References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.htmlBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19819Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/25003Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin