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CVE-2014-1816

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation XML Core Services: 3.0, 6.0

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/06/10/assessing-risk-for-the-june-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58538
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67895
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-033
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/06/10/assessing-risk-for-the-june-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58538
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67895
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-033

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