CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1448
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The MHTML protocol handler in a component of Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 and 6 through SP1, and Windows Mail, does not assign the correct Internet Explorer Security Zone to UNC share pathnames, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read arbitrary files via an mhtml: URI in conjunction with a redirection, aka "URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft outlook express 5.5
• microsoft outlook express 6.0
• microsoft windows mail
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31415 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-zone-elevation www.coresecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495458/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30585 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020679 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020680 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2352 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-048 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5886 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31415 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-zone-elevation www.coresecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495458/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30585 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020679 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020680 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2352 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-048 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5886 oval.cisecurity.org