CVE-2010-0488
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 29.2%EU EUVD
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 29.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0519)
- Published
- March 31, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0519 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 21, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49467403/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2010/JVNDB-2010-000011.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023773
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39028(Patch)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-089A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0744(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7840
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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