Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Vulnerability in MHTML Could Allow Information Disclosure (2544893)
Informations
Name MS11-037 First vendor Publication 2011-06-14
Vendor Microsoft Last vendor Modification 2011-11-15
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 2.1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Severity Rating: Important

Revision Note: V2.1 (November 15, 2011): Corrected the install verification registry keys, update log file name, and removal information for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This is an informational change only.

Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens a specially crafted URL from an attacker's web site. An attacker would have to convince the user to visit the web site, typically by getting them to follow a link in an e-mail message or Instant Messenger message.

Original Source

Url : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-037

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12494
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12494
Title: MHTML Mime-Formatted Request Vulnerability
Description: The MHTML protocol handler in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle a MIME format in a request for embedded content in an HTML document, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted EMBED element in a web page that is visited in Internet Explorer, aka "MHTML Mime-Formatted Request Vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-1894
Version: 10
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 8
Os 2
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-06-15 Name : Windows MHTML Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2544893)
File : nvt/secpod_ms11-037.nasl
2011-06-15 Name : Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2476490)
File : nvt/secpod_ms11-038.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72935 Microsoft Windows MHTML Mime-Formatted Request Unspecified XSS

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2011-06-16 IAVM : 2011-B-0065 - Microsoft MHTML Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0028617

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-06-15 Name : The remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.
File : smb_nt_ms11-037.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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