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CVE-2010-0255

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 does not prevent rendering of non-HTML local files as HTML documents, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read arbitrary files via vectors involving JavaScript exploit code that constructs a reference to a file://127.0.0.1 URL, aka the dynamic OBJECT tag vulnerability, as demonstrated by obtaining the data from an index.dat file, a variant of CVE-2009-1140 and related to CVE-2008-1448.

Published

2010-02-04T20:15:49.967

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft internet_explorer 7 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista gold No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.01 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * No
Application microsoft internet_explorer 8 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server * No
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server * No
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server * No
Operating System microsoft windows_7 - No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 - No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 No
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista - No
Operating System microsoft windows_vista - No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * No
Operating System microsoft windows_xp - No
References