HIGH
Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page
Published Mar 9, 2002
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 52.85%
Description
Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
52.85% 0.52851
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.52851
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 52.85% (0.52851) | 98.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 52.85% (0.52851) | 98.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 63.06% (0.63055) | 98.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 68.32% (0.68321) | 98.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 74.81% (0.74812) | 98.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 68.32% (0.68321) | 98.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 63.32% (0.63323) | 98.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.84% (0.08838) | 94.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.45% (0.05446) | 91.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 29.42% (0.29415) | 97.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 29.42% (0.29415) | 96.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99496431214078&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0107&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=862 mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-038 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6831 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99496431214078&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml | third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0107&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=862 | mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-038 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6831 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 10, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0538
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a