CVE-2010-0255
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Windows Fixed 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| r2 | Not affected | — |
| gold | Not affected | — |
| - | Not affected | — |
| — | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.01 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | |
References
- 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/62156
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-035
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7145
- 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/62156
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-035
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7145
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.