CVE-2000-0105

Outlook Express vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

20.7%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Outlook Express 5.01 and Internet Explorer 5.01 allow remote attackers to view a user's email messages via a script that accesses a variable that references subsequent email messages that are read by the client.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Outlook Express

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2000-02-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 20.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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