Internet Explorer MHTML MIME Handler Information Disclosure
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-0096,
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
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 content blocks in a document, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site that is visited in Internet Explorer, aka "MHTML Mime-Formatted Request Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004578
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004578 - Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTML MIME Handler Information Disclosure
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows XP
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