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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 docu

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.31385
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft internet explorerall versions
microsoft windows server 2003all versions
microsoft windows xpall versions
microsoft windows server 2008all versions
microsoft windows vistaall versions
microsoft windows 2000all versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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pocwww.coresecurity.com · internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tagwww.coresecurity.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumInternet Explorer DisableFirstRunCustomize Enabled
productmediumInternet Explorer Autorun Keys Modification
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD04 Feb 2010 · 08:15 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152
http://osvdb.org/62157
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspxVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055
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