CVE-2012-1858 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the toStaticHTML API (SafeHTML component) of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9, Communicator 2007 R2, and Lync 2010. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious script via crafted HTML documents due to improper handling of event attributes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, with no authentication required. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendee:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:2007:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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