Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 MHTML Protocol access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7. Affected is an unknown function of the component MHTML Protocol Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-1448. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component MHTML Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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."

The weakness was published 08/13/2008 by Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina with Microsoft as MS08-048 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1448 since 03/21/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33877 (MS08-048: Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (951066)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90451 (Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail Security Update (MS08-048)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-048 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5402.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42689), Tenable (33877), SecurityFocus (BID 30585†), OSVDB (47413†) and Secunia (SA31415†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3804, VDB-3803, VDB-3802 and VDB-3801. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 33877
Nessus Name: MS08-048: Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (951066)
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OpenVAS ID: 900031
OpenVAS Name: Security Update for Outlook Express (951066)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-048
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-048
Researcher: Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1448 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1448
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3805

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X-Force: 42689
SecurityFocus: 30585 - Microsoft Outlook Express And Windows Mail MHTML Handler Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 31415 - Internet Explorer MHTML Protocol Handler Cross-Domain Information Disclosure, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 47413
SecurityTracker: 1020680
Vulnerability Center: 19153 - [MS08-048] Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2352

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Created: 08/19/2008 17:08
Updated: 06/01/2025 03:13
Changes: 08/19/2008 17:08 (58), 04/07/2017 12:02 (31), 03/16/2021 18:32 (8), 03/16/2021 18:37 (2), 03/16/2021 18:39 (1), 06/01/2025 03:13 (16)
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