Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0538

Description

Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Outlook2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2002
- (no CPE)range: <=2002

Patches

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References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569nvdUS Government Resource
marc.infonvd
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtmlnvd
www.ntbugtraq.com/default.aspnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025nvd
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-038nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6831nvd

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