Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2011-1961
The telnet URI handler in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly launch the handler application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted web site, aka "Telnet Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.343 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 8
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_server_2003
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_JVN, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (Tool Signature, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_JVNDB, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)