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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 36.9%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.9% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- 20100203 CORE-2009-0625: Internet Explorer Dynamic OBJECT tag and URLMON sniffing vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62156 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 38055 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MS10-035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA10-159B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7145 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 38056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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