CVE-2007-0033 — Microsoft Outlook 2002 and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute

Microsoft Outlook 2002 and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed VEVENT record in an .iCal meeting request or ICS file.

01What is this vulnerability?

Microsoft Outlook 2002 and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed VEVENT record in an .iCal meeting request or ICS file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2007-01-09T23:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.831Z

09References

• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0104
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009A.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21931
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/23674
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded
• securitytracker.com — http://securitytracker.com/id?1017488
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-00…
• www.osvdb.org — http://www.osvdb.org/31252
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/476900
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded