CVE-2004-2694
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions,...
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top".
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.8
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top".
- Record
CVE-2004-2694- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top".
- Record
CVE-2004-2694- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-2684 No score
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top".
- Record
EUVD-2004-2684- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w6p4-h264-pgp8 No score
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions,...
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, load content from arbitrary sources into the Outlook context, and facilitate phishing attacks via a "BASE HREF" with the target set to "_top".
- Record
GHSA-w6p4-h264-pgp8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2004-2694 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Microsoft Outlook Express, published December 31, 2004. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.56%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.