CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1961
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The telnet URI handler in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly launch the handler application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted web site, aka "Telnet Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft internet explorer 7
• microsoft internet explorer 8
• microsoft internet explorer 9
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN80404511/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000060.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12684 Tool Signature
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN80404511/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000060.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12684 Tool Signature