Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 Shift JIS Character Encoding information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Shift JIS Character Encoding. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly perform auto-selection of the Shift JIS encoding, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers cross-domain scrolling events, aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 02/12/2013 by Gynvael Coldwind and Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Security Team as MS13-009 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0015 since 11/27/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64570 (MS13-009: Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100136 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS13-009)).

Applying the patch KB2792100 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12777.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (64570). Additional details are provided at blog.spiderlabs.com. See 7661, 7676, 7637 and 7642 for similar entries.

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CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 64570
Nessus Name: MS13-009: Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100)
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OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2792100)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-009
Researcher: Gynvael Coldwind, Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Security Team
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Vulnerability Center: 38367 - [MS13-009] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Through 9 Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability, Medium
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Created: 02/13/2013 01:25
Updated: 05/04/2021 16:05
Changes: 02/13/2013 01:25 (52), 04/07/2017 12:03 (25), 05/04/2021 15:59 (7), 05/04/2021 16:05 (2)
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