CVE-2008-1448

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

13/08/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The MHTML protocol handler in a component of Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 and 6 through SP1, and Windows Mail, does not assign the correct Internet Explorer Security Zone to UNC share pathnames, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read arbitrary files via an mhtml: URI in conjunction with a redirection, aka "URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

7.10

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_mail::::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_mail::::::::

CVE-2008-1448

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools