// For flags

CVE-2006-2111

Outlook Express 5.5/6.0 / Windows Mail - MHTML URI Handler Information Disclosure

Severity Score

4.3
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

4
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A component in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 allows remote attackers to bypass domain restrictions and obtain sensitive information via redirections with the mhtml: URI handler, as originally reported for Internet Explorer 6 and 7, aka "URL Redirect Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2006-04-27 First Exploit
  • 2006-05-01 CVE Reserved
  • 2006-05-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-20 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Microsoft
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Outlook Express
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6.0
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook Express" and version "6.0"
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Affected