Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle unspecified special characters in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site, aka "CSS Special Character Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was released 10/13/2010 as MS10-071 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3325. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 952 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49948 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100091 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS10-071)).

Applying the patch MS10-071 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10547.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61913) and Tenable (49948). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4172, 4197, 55002 and 55001.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 49948
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OpenVAS ID: 901162
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2360131)
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Patch: MS10-071
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-071
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3325 (🔍)
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X-Force: 61913
Vulnerability Center: 27621 - [MS10-071] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 Information Disclosure via CSS Special Characters, Medium
SecurityFocus: 42467

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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 18:20
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (46), 04/07/2017 12:10 (21), 09/26/2021 18:04 (2), 09/26/2021 18:13 (7), 09/26/2021 18:20 (1)
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