What is CVE-2010-0488?

CVE-2010-0488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet_explorer, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2010-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2010-0488?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Microsoft Internet_explorer

CVE-2010-0488

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 "Pos…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.155 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 5.01
Microsoft Windows_2000
Microsoft Windows_2003_server
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_server_2008
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

JVN#49467403 (x_refsource_JVN, third-party-advisory)
JVNDB-2010-000011 (x_refsource_JVNDB, third-party-advisory)
1023773 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
39028 (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
TA10-068A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
TA10-089A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
ADV-2010-0744 (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
MS10-018 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7840 (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0488?: CVE-2010-0488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet_explorer, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2010-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2010-0488?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.