CVE-2014-1816: Microsoft XML Core Services

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 14.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 and 6.0 does not properly restrict the information transmitted by Internet Explorer during a download action, which allows remote attackers to discover (1) full pathnames on the client system and (2) local usernames embedded in these pathnames via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML Entity URI Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft XML Core Services: version 3.0 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2014-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.