CVE-2006-2055
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-2055- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-88
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-2055- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-2056 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-2056- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-grxh-vgg4-3pff No score
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-grxh-vgg4-3pff- Weakness
- CWE-88
- 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-2006-2055 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Outlook, published April 26, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.4%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
secunia.com/advisories/19819
osvdb.org/25003
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2055
github.com/advisories/GHSA-grxh-vgg4-3pff