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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle content settings in HTTP responses, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted response, aka "MIME Sniffing Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2011 as MS11-050 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-1246 since 03/04/2011. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55130 (MS11-050: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2530548)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS11-050 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (55130). The entries 57683, 57682, 57681 and 57680 are pretty similar.
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 55130
Nessus Name: MS11-050: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2530548)
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OpenVAS ID: 902443
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2530548)
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Patch: MS11-050
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS11-050
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2011-1246 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 31784 - [MS11-050] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 48200
Secunia: 44914 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
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Entry
Created: 06/20/2011 02:00Updated: 03/19/2021 11:54
Changes: 06/20/2011 02:00 (52), 04/07/2017 15:22 (25), 03/19/2021 11:52 (7), 03/19/2021 11:54 (2)
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