CVE - CVE-2010-0255

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0255	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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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BID:38055 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055 BID:38056 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056 BUGTRAQ:20100203 CORE-2009-0625: Internet Explorer Dynamic OBJECT tag and URLMON sniffing vulnerabilities URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded CERT:TA10-159B URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html CONFIRM:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100089747 CONFIRM:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx MISC:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152 MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag MS:MS10-035 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-035 OSVDB:62156 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/62156~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7145 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7145
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20100107	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 (20100107)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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