01 Record
CVE-2011-1961
The telnet URI handler in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly launch the handler application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted web site,
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The telnet URI handler in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly launch the handler application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted web site,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 34.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-08-10 21:16Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c30d67c9a78b57ed0c9f389af6d1b94cc05f2ec494fdad0dc8bd321a3ed4e193
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- docs.microsoft.comMS11-057https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057
- jvn.jpJVN#80404511http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN80404511/index.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12684https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12684
- jvndb.jvn.jpJVNDB-2011-000060http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000060.html
- www.us-cert.govTA11-221Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html