Microsoft Office 2003 mailto: information disclosure

office-mailto-obtain-information (26118) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Microsoft Office 2003 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information caused by improper validation in the mailto: URI handler. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted mailto: URL, which once the victim clicks the link, attaches an arbitrary file to an email. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

Platforms Affected:

  • Microsoft, Office 2003
  • Microsoft, Office 2003 SP2
  • Microsoft, Office 2003 SP1

Remedy:

No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.

Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

  • Inge Henrikson's Technology Blog, Monday, April 24, 2006, Office 2003 file attachment exploit at http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html.
  • CVE-2006-2055: Argument injection vulnerability in Micrsoft 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.
  • CVE-2006-2056: Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 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.
  • CVE-2006-2057: Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 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.
  • CVE-2006-2058: Argument injection vulnerability in Avant Browser 10.1 Build 17 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.
  • OSVDB ID: 25003: Microsoft Office mailto: Arbitrary File Access
  • SA19819: Microsoft Office 2003 "mailto:" Automatic Attachment of Arbitrary Files
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-1538: Microsoft Office 2003 mailto: URI Handler Arbitrary File Attachment Weakness

Reported:

Apr 26, 2006

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