CVE-2006-2055
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19819
- http://www.osvdb.org/25003
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.