Microsoft Outlook 2003 Predictable File Location Weakness

Microsoft Outlook 2003 Predictable File Location Weakness

Microsoft Outlook 2003 is reported to be prone to store files that are specified in img tags, in predictable locations.

This may present a security risk because many known (and potential) Internet Explorer vulnerabilities depend on the attacker being able to directly reference malicious content on a victim system. Given both the ability to place such content on the file system and reference it specifically by location, exploitation of many browser-based vulnerabilities becomes possible.