CVE-2004-0121: microsoft office Argument Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-0121 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Argument Injection vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 47.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 01-09-2004PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2002 does not sufficiently filter parameters of mailto: URLs when using them as arguments when calling OUTLOOK.EXE, which allows remote attackers to use script code in the Local Machine zone and execute arbitrary programs.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
47.68%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 47.68% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Microsoft Outlook 2002 - 'Mailto' Quoting Zone Bypass
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
1 vendor · 2 products
References
10 links- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-070A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTBroken LinkUS Government Resource
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-009Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MSPatch- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305206Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERT VNMitigationUS Government Resource
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A843VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALBroken Link
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-096.shtmlThird Party AdvisoryGovernment ResourceX Refsource CIACBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9827VDB EntryX Refsource BIDBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=79&type=vulnerabilitiesThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource IDEFENSEBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory