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Microsoft Outlook "mailto:" URI Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA29320	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-03-11
Last Update:	2008-03-12
Popularity:	9,313 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Outlook 2000 Microsoft Outlook 2002 Microsoft Outlook 2003 Microsoft Outlook 2007

Binary Analysis:	BA425 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-0110

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Outlook, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling a specially crafted "mailto:" URI passed from a web browser. This can be exploited to pass extra command line switches to Outlook. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website. Solution: Apply patches. Outlook 2000 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=714a49cd-5bca-4719-96a1-e1077f279533 Outlook 2002 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=59853687-d885-4059-9460-ee403855dbd8 Outlook 2003 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=fccc7c4c-8496-4682-bd46-6590503c1bf2 Outlook 2003 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=fccc7c4c-8496-4682-bd46-6590503c1bf2 Outlook 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=4e2baf00-88eb-4eb6-961a-54245b363c21 Provided and/or discovered by: Greg MacManus, iDefense Labs. Changelog: 2008-03-12: Added additional information provided by iDefense Labs. Added link to US-CERT and iDefense Labs. Original Advisory: MS08-015 (KB949031): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-015.mspx iDefense Labs: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=673 Other References: US-CERT VU#393305: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/393305 Extended Solution: The "Extended Solution" section is available for Secunia customers only. Request a trial and get access to the Secunia Customer Area and Extended Secunia advisories.

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