25003 : Microsoft Office mailto: Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-04-24	2006-04-24

Description

Microsoft Office contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to access arbitrary files. The issue is due to Microsoft Outlook not properly sanitizing the value of the 'mailto' URI handler. This may allow an attacker to automatically attach an arbitrary file to an e-mail by tricking a user into following a specially crafted link with the "mailto:" URI handler from a malicious web site.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Solution Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Office	2003 Professional Edition
	Outlook	2003 SP1
		2003 SP2

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 19819
CVE ID: 2006-2055 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 2190
ISS X-Force ID: 26118
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0534.html
Generic Informational URL: http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

inge.henriksen@booleansoft.com - Unaffiliated

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-04-27 | Disagree?

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