Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML e-mail message or web page.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0538 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.85%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21003 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-07-12 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 21004 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-07-12 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 63.06% | 52.85% | -10.20% |
| 2 | 2025-09-29 | 68.32% | 63.06% | -5.27% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 68.32% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |