CVE-2001-0538

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—💥 Exploit

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 10

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 53%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002 - Unauthorized Email Access (7/12/2001)
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Outlook 98/2000/2002 - Arbitrary Code Execution (7/12/2001)

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Outlook

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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