CVE-2007-4040

Published Jul 27, 2007 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 13.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Apr 3, 2025, 2:27 PM
Reserved
Jul 27, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 27, 2007, 10:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM