MEDIUM
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Published Mar 31, 2010
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 29.23%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
AND
- 7
OR
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Configuration 2
AND
- 7
OR
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Configuration 3
AND
- 6
OR
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- n/a
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Configuration 4
AND
OR
- 5.01
- 6
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Jan 21, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
29.23% 0.29229
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.29229
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (29 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29.23% (0.29229) | 98.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 29.23% (0.29229) | 97.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 15.55% (0.15547) | 94.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 9.85% (0.09851) | 92.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 15.55% (0.15547) | 94.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 9.85% (0.09851) | 92.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 15.55% (0.15547) | 94.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.94% (0.09938) | 92.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.19% (0.12191) | 89.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.94% (0.09938) | 92.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.92% (0.12917) | 93.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 17.99% (0.17994) | 96.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 13.75% (0.13747) | 95.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 11.31% (0.11312) | 95.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 10.23% (0.10234) | 95.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 7.30% (0.07300) | 94.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 3.80% (0.03804) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 4.81% (0.04806) | 91.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 5.27% (0.05272) | 92.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 3.79% (0.03791) | 90.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 2.96% (0.02961) | 89.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2023 | 3.42% (0.03420) | 90.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.88% (0.03884) | 90.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.38% (0.24379) | 96.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 24.38% (0.24379) | 96.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 20, 2022 | 26.11% (0.26113) | 97.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 7, 2022 | 28.86% (0.28861) | 97.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 19, 2022 | 31.41% (0.31407) | 96.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 34.06% (0.34063) | 96.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49467403/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000011.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39028 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7840 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49467403/index.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN | |
| http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000011.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39028 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7840 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Mar 31, 2010
Updated Jan 21, 2025
Reserved Feb 2, 2010
Link CVE-2010-0488
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jan 21, 2025