Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2055
CVE-2006-2055
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
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6- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.htmlnvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/19819nvdBroken Link
- www.osvdb.org/25003nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538nvdBroken Link
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