CVE - CVE-2010-0255

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0255	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
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.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20100203 CORE-2009-0625: Internet Explorer Dynamic OBJECT tag and URLMON sniffing vulnerabilities URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded MISC:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152 MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag CONFIRM:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx CONFIRM:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747 MS:MS10-035 URL:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-035.mspx CERT:TA10-159B URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html BID:38055 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055 BID:38056 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056 OSVDB:62156 URL:http://osvdb.org/62156 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7145 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7145
Date Entry Created
20100107	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20100107)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVE-2010-0255