CVE-2001-0145

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in VCard handler in Outlook 2000 and 98, and Outlook Express 5.x, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed vCard birthday field.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-02-10 CVE Reserved
2001-04-04 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-07-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a022301-1.txt	2018-10-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-012	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Outlook Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook"				98 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook" and version "98"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Outlook Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook"				2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook" and version "2000"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Outlook Express Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook Express"				5.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook Express" and version "5.0"		-		Affected