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Sid
18335

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Microsoft Windows systems.

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Impact:
  Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
The MHTML implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 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.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2
Microsoft Windows 7

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2011-0096:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-0096
  
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