CVE-2011-0096

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

46.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2011-01-31 19:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-21 17:39Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-12-21

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0541f475dde2098e3530ecff415f54111ec2265d3ea33175d793a7e1b00fe567

• www.kb.cert.orgVU#326549http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/326549third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.80vul.comhttp://www.80vul.com/webzine_0x05/0x05%20IE%E4%B8%8BMHTML%E5%8D%8F%E8%AE%AE%E5%B8%A6%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E8%B7%A8%E5%9F%9F%E5%8D%B1%E5%AE%B3.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.us-cert.govTA11-102Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.securityfocus.com46055http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46055vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• docs.microsoft.comMS11-026https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-026vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/01/28/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2501696.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1025003http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025003vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6956https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6956vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/28/more-information-about-the-mhtml-script-injection-vulnerability.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com16071http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16071exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• osvdb.org70693http://osvdb.org/70693vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• secunia.com43093http://secunia.com/advisories/43093third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comms-win-mhtml-info-disclosure(65000)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65000vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.vupen.comADV-2011-0242http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0242vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN