CVE-2011-1280

Office Infopath vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

15.3%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

The XML Editor in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and 2010; SQL Server 2005 SP3 and SP4 and 2008 SP1, SP2, and R2; SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) 2005; and Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010 does not properly handle external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted .disco (Web Service Discovery) file, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Office Infopath

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2011-06-16

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 15.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Office Infopath is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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