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CVE-2024-42191 (GCVE-0-2024-42191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-30 15:54 – Updated: 2025-05-30 16:10

Title

HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook (HTMO) is susceptible to COM hijacking

Summary

HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook (HTMO) is susceptible to a COM hijacking vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify or replace the application with malicious content.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-30 16:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

HCL mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_articl…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
HCL Software	HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook (HTMO)	Affected: < 3.0.12	guessed

Date Public

2025-05-30 15:49

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FKIE_CVE-2024-42191

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-30 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:49

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook (HTMO) is susceptible to a COM hijacking vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify or replace the application with malicious content.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@hcl.com	https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0120745	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	hcltech	traveler_for_microsoft_outlook	*

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GHSA-PPQ4-7PWF-RG3R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-30 18:31 – Updated: 2025-05-30 18:31

Details

HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook (HTMO) is susceptible to a COM hijacking vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify or replace the application with malicious content.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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