CVE-2008-1448

Published Aug 13, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: The MHTML protocol handler in a component of Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 and 6 through SP1, and Windows Mail, does not assign the correct Internet Explorer Security Zone to UNC share pathnames, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read arbitrary files via an mhtml: URI in conjunction with a redirection, aka "URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Source: secure@microsoft.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.1
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
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            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "589E5F7F-5429-4050-8C0D-F7F8D18DEB3A"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "85FD3557-956D-4A96-8AA5-5FD9DB87FD11"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D45F2775-A10B-4834-A2EF-7498EEAB155D"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0BDD015F-267D-4E33-885B-6A14F493CCC5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References