CVE-2007-4040

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Argument injection vulnerability involving Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 27, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-4040: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix