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CVE-2001-0340

HIGH
7.5NVD

Summary

generated automatically from NVD data

CVE-2001-0340 is a flaw in the way the Outlook Web Access (OWA) service in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server interacts with Internet Explorer. A message attachment containing HTML code is executed automatically, so an attacker can run malicious script code against a user's mailbox. The weakness is classed as CWE-434, and the flaw has a CVSS v2.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH).

NVD description

An interaction between the Outlook Web Access (OWA) service in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and Internet Explorer allows attackers to execute malicious script code against a user's mailbox via a message attachment that contains HTML code, which is executed automatically.

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EPSS · FIRST.org

6.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 93% of scored CVEs

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates, from observed exploitation activity, how likely a CVE is to be exploited in the next 30 days. It complements CVSS, which measures severity, not likelihood. Score of 2026-10-29, recomputed daily by FIRST.org.

CVSS v2.0 Score

7.5
/ 10.0
HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Information

Published
21 juil. 2001
Updated
16 juin 2026
Status
Modified
Source
cve@mitre.org

Affected products

microsoft exchange server
Versions 5.5 · 2000

Bounds published by NVD: "< 8.4.27" means 8.4.27 is no longer vulnerable. The fixed release to install is in the vendor advisory.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-434

Similar CVEs

Other vulnerabilities of type CWE-434

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