CVE-2010-0488

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
15.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: March 31, 2010 (5888 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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 "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorermicrosoft windows 2003 servermicrosoft windows server 2003microsoft windows xpmicrosoft windows server 2008microsoft windows vistamicrosoft windows 2000

References

🔗 jvn.jp 🔗 jvndb.jvn.jp 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov