Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2004-2694

Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions,...

5.8 Medium

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

8.56%Down 3.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumAV: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

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

References

MoveEnter Open