# CVE-2002-2313: Eudora email client 5.1.1, with "use Microsoft viewer" enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email mess

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-10-26 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Eudora email client 5.1.1, with "use Microsoft viewer" enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an HTML email message containing a META refresh tag that references an embedded .mhtml file with ActiveX controls that execute a second embedded program, which is processed by Internet Explorer.

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## References

- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-July/000644.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9654.php

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