CVE-2007-4040

Published: Jul 27, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79

8.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

outlookOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

outlook expressOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

Initial Access

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References

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

larholm.com

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

seclists.org

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