CVE-2001-1547: Microsoft Outlook Express

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 13.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Outlook Express 6.0, with "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" enabled, does not block email attachments from forwarded messages, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook Express: version 6.0 only

Published 2001-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.