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
Published Feb 4, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.79%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6
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Configuration 2
- 7
- n/a
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- gold
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Configuration 3
- 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.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.79% (0.20789) | 97.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 20.79% (0.20789) | 97.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 31.39% (0.31385) | 96.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 26.35% (0.26352) | 96.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 31.39% (0.31385) | 96.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 26.35% (0.26352) | 96.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 31.39% (0.31385) | 96.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 31, 2025 | 26.35% (0.26352) | 96.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 38.32% (0.38324) | 96.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 26.22% (0.26218) | 94.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 38.32% (0.38324) | 96.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.96% (0.02962) | 91.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 2.96% (0.02962) | 89.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.35% (0.03351) | 89.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.38% (0.24379) | 96.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 24.38% (0.24379) | 96.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 26, 2022 | 26.11% (0.26113) | 96.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 13, 2022 | 32.51% (0.32505) | 97.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 35.21% (0.35213) | 96.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx x_refsource_MISC
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152 x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/62157 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/03/security-advisory-980088-released.aspx | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=8152 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/62157 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-dynamic-object-tag | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509345/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38055 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38056 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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