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CVE-2007-4040
Published: Jul 27, 2007
Modified: Apr 3, 2025
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse/
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