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CVE-2008-1448

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook Express: 5.5-sp2, 6.0, 6.0-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Mail: all versions

References

• 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/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5886
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2

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