CVE-2008-1448
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 26.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1452)
- Published
- August 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1452 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / outlook express
- microsoft / outlook express
- microsoft / outlook express
- microsoft / windows mail
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31415(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020679
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020680
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2352(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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