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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5886 Date: 2008-08-13
Title: URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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."
Version: 1 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2008-1448
Family: windows
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Product(s): Microsoft Outlook Express
Microsoft Mail
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