CVE-2010-0488

MEDIUM

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory] http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49467403/index.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000011.html

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39028

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7840

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.1555

EPSS Percentile 94.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-200 CWE-732

Status draft

Affected Products (21)

microsoft/internet_explorer

microsoft/windows_2003_server

microsoft/windows_server_2003

microsoft/windows_xp

microsoft/windows_xp

microsoft/windows_xp

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_server_2008

microsoft/windows_vista

microsoft/windows_vista

microsoft/windows_vista

... and 6 more

Timeline

Published Mar 31, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026