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Microsoft Outlook Predictable File Location Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11572
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Release Date:
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2004-05-10
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Last Update:
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2004-06-07
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Popularity:
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15,711 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Outlook 2003
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
http-equiv has reported a security issue in Microsoft Outlook, potentially allowing malicious people to place a file in a predictable location.
The problem occurs when a user replies to an email with an embedded HTML file, since the embedded HTML file is saved in the current users "Temp" directory using its original file name.
Normally, this behaviour doesn't pose a problem, and the issue would have been rated "Not Critical". However, certain vulnerabilities and inappropriate shell folder functionality in Internet Explorer allows malicious people to execute arbitrary code placed in the embedded HTML file with the privileges of the current user, if the user visits a malicious website using Internet Explorer.
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