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TI-2007-03910 Aliases CVE-2007-4040GHSA-2mgm-7frw-wmjm

Argument injection vulnerability involving Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, when…

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.13472 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4040
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mgm-7frw-wmjm

References

Other 2

  • TI-2023-09240 Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-17652 Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2007-00655 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-08726 Memory corruption in Microsoft Outlook KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-01471 Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2006-04695 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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