CVE-2008-1448 Information

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.\

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/31415 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-zone-elevation http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495458/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30585 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020679 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020680 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2352 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-048 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A5886