CVE - CVE-2008-4930

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4930	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 does not properly handle an uploaded file with a nonstandard file type that contains HTML sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause that file to be processed as HTML by Internet Explorer's content inspection, aka "Incomplete protection against MIME-sniffing." NOTE: this could be leveraged for XSS and other attacks.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BUGTRAQ:20081027 MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html FULLDISC:20081027 MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20081101 CVE request (Fwd: MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081104	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081104)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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