CVE-2014-1816

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
10.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 7% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: June 11, 2014 (4356 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 and 6.0 does not properly restrict the information transmitted by Internet Explorer during a download action, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) full pathnames on the client system and (2) local usernames embedded in these pathnames via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML Entity URI Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

microsoft xml core services

References

🔗 blogs.technet.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 blogs.technet.com