SB2011012802 - Information disclosure in MHTML in Microsoft Windows 

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SB2011012802 - Information disclosure in MHTML in Microsoft Windows

Published: January 28, 2011 Updated: March 16, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2011012802
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0096)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input passed via MIME-formatted requests for content blocks within a document. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted "MHTML:" link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References