THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-0255
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-0255

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
37.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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 JavaScript exploit code that constructs a reference to a file://127.0.0.1 URL, aka the dynamic OBJECT tag vulnerability, as demonstrated by obtaining the data from an index.dat file, a variant of CVE-2009-1140 and related to CVE-2008-1448.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2010-02-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 37.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-0255

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-0255.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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