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CVE-2010-0555

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 the product's use of text/html as the default content type for files that are encountered after a redirection, aka the URLMON sniffing vulnerability, a variant of CVE-2009-1140 and related to CVE-2008-1448.

Published

2010-02-04T20:15:25.000

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 7 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista gold Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 5.01 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * Yes
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