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CVE-2010-0488
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote…
Medium6.5EPSS 29.2%
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- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.2% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- JVN#49467403 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- TA10-089A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 39028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA10-068A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS10-018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- JVNDB-2010-000011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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