# CVE-2010-0555: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-02-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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 the product's use of text/html as the default content type for files that are encountered after a redirection, aka the URLMON sniffing vulnerability, a variant of CVE-2009-1140 and related to CVE-2008-1448.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded
- http://osvdb.org/62157
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056

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