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title: "CVE-2001-0538: Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control… | CubePath"
description: "Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control in Microsoft Outlook 2002 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious HTML…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0538
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# CVE-2001-0538: Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Control… | CubePath

## Description

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.

Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0538)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.52851 (52.9% probability)

Percentile

99.0%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [20010712 MS Office XP - the more money I give to Microsoft, the more vulnerable my Windows computers are](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99496431214078&w=2)  (marc.info) mailing-list
- [3025](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3025)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry
- [MS01-038](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-038)  (docs.microsoft.com) vendor-advisory
- [outlook-activex-view-control(6831)](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6831)  (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com) vdb-entry
- [L-113](http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-113.shtml)  (ciac.org) third-party-advisory government-resource
- [VU#131569](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/131569)  (kb.cert.org) third-party-advisory
- [20010712 Vulnerability in IE/Outlook ActiveX control](http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0107&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=862)  (ntbugtraq.com) mailing-list

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jul 10, 2001
2. Record published Mar 9, 2002
3. Record last updated Aug 8, 2024

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