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CVE-2007-4040

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2007-07-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Microsoft Outlook ExpressMicrosoft Outlook

Weakness Type

CWE-79, CWE-79

References