Vulnerability Details : CVE-2010-0255

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.
Published 2010-02-04 20:15:50
Updated 2023-12-07 18:38:57
Source Microsoft Corporation
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0255

EPSS FAQ
93.35%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2010-0255

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
8.6
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2010-0255

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2010-0255

Products affected by CVE-2010-0255

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