CVE-2004-2694 — Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top"

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Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top"

Published Oct 6, 2007

5.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 8.56%

Description

Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top".

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

8.56% 0.08558

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.08558

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 (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	8.56% (0.08558)	94.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	8.56% (0.08558)	94.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	17.27% (0.17268)	94.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.64% (0.00639)	79.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 2, 2024	0.60% (0.00605)	78.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.54% (0.00539)	77.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 17, 2024	0.79% (0.00793)	81.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 9, 2024	0.57% (0.00570)	77.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 28, 2024	0.40% (0.00396)	72.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 31, 2024	0.40% (0.00396)	70.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.39% (0.00386)	68.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	11.68% (0.11676)	95.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	94.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	88.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108448627120764&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/11607
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/6121
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108448627120764&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/11607		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/6121		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 6, 2007

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 6, 2007

Link CVE-2004-2694

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-2694

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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