CVE-2007-4040

Published: Jul 27, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

Argument injection vulnerability involving Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.

Affected (2)

Products: Microsoft: Outlook, Outlook Express

2 products

Outlook Express

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Outlook	All versions
Microsoft Outlook Express	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (4)

http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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