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CVE-2011-0096

The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
1 on Exploit-DB
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle a MIME format in a request for content blocks in a document, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site that is visited in Internet Explorer, aka "MHTML Mime-Formatted Request Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-16071

  2. CVE published
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 16

kb.cert.org

80vul.com

us-cert.gov

securityfocus.com

docs.microsoft.com

blogs.technet.com

securitytracker.com

oval.cisecurity.org

microsoft.com

Exploit-DB

osvdb.org

secunia.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

vupen.com