4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-1858

Published: 12/06/2012 Updated: 07/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 435
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The toStaticHTML API (aka the SafeHTML component) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9, Communicator 2007 R2, and Lync 2010 and 2010 Attendee does not properly handle event attributes and script, which makes it easier for remote malicious users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted HTML document, aka "HTML Sanitization Vulnerability."

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microsoft lync 2010

microsoft office communicator 2007

microsoft internet_explorer 8

microsoft internet_explorer 9

Exploits

toStaticHTML: The Second Encounter (CVE-2012-1858) *HTML Sanitizing Bypass - *CVE-2012-1858<wwwcvemitreorg/cgi-bin/cvenamecgi?name=CVE-2012-1858> Original advisory - blogwatchfirecom/wfblog/2012/07/tostatichtml-the-second-encounter-cve-2012-1858-html-sanitizing-information-disclosure-introduction-thtml Introduction Th ...
The *toStaticHTML* component, which is found in Internet Explorer versions greater than 8, SharePoint and Lync is used to sanitize HTML fragments from dynamic and potentially malicious content An attacker is able to create a specially formed CSS that will overcome * toStaticHTML*'s security logic; therefore, after passing the specially crafted CSS ...