CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0105

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
20.65%

97th percentile - higher than 97% of all known CVEs

Summary

Outlook Express 5.01 and Internet Explorer 5.01 allow remote attackers to view a user's email messages via a script that accesses a variable that references subsequent email messages that are read by the client.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can gain access to users' private email messages, potentially leading to the leakage of sensitive information.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of the software to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Outlook Express 5.01 and Internet Explorer 5.01 allow remote attackers to view a user's email messages via a script that accesses a variable that references subsequent email messages that are read by the client.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS