CVE-2001-0999
Outlook Express 6.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script by embedding SCRIPT tags in a message whose MIME content type is text/plain, contrary to the expected behavior that text/plain messages will not run script.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Outlook Express 6.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script by embedding SCRIPT tags in a message whose MIME content type is text/plain, contrary to the expected behavior that text/plain messages will not run script.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 12.29% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/outlook express
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 12.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/213754Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/214453Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3334Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/213754Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/214453Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3334Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7118
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.