CVE-2002-1056

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
16.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: May 16, 2002 (8764 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2000 and 2002, when configured to use Microsoft Word as the email editor, does not block scripts that are used while editing email messages in HTML or Rich Text Format (RTF), which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via an email that the user forwards or replies to.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft outlookmicrosoft word

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 online.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com