National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1280
Original release date:06/16/2011
Last revised:04/04/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The XML Editor in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and 2010; SQL Server 2005 SP3 and SP4 and 2008 SP1, SP2, and R2; SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) 2005; and Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, and 2010 does not properly handle external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted .disco (Web Service Discovery) file, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: MS
Name: MS11-049
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025648
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025647
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025646
External Source: BID
Name: 48196
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 44912
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12664
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12664
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Technical Details
- Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)