CVE-2001-1547

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
21.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: December 31, 2001 (8900 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Outlook Express 6.0, with "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" enabled, does not block email attachments from forwarded messages, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft outlook express

References

🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.windows-help.net 🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com