PT-2008-3018 · Microsoft · Windows Mail+2

Published 2008-08-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-1448

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5.5 SP2 through 6 SP1 Windows Mail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the MHTML protocol handler in a component of Microsoft software, which fails to assign the correct Internet Explorer Security Zone to UNC share pathnames. This allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read arbitrary files via an mhtml: URI in conjunction with a redirection.

Recommendations For Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5.5 SP2 through 6 SP1, consider restricting access to the MHTML protocol handler until a patch is available. For Windows Mail, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1448

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Outlook Express

Windows Mail

References · 12

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30585 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1448 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2352 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-048 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31415 · Vendor Advisory
• http://coresecurity.com/content/internet-explorer-zone-elevation · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495458/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020679 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5886 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020680 · Note