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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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 weakness was disclosed 07/12/2016 by Masato Kinugawa with Cure53 as MS16-084 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3273 since 03/15/2016. 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 92016 (MS16-085: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3169999)), 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 100290 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS16-084)).
Applying the patch MS16-084 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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92016). The entries 89006, 89007, 89008 and 89009 are pretty similar.
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 92016
Nessus Name: MS16-085: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3169999)
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Patch: MS16-084
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-084
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa
Organization: Cure53
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3273 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036283
SecurityFocus: 91576 - Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer XSS Filter CVE-2016-3273 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/13/2016 09:51Updated: 09/01/2022 14:52
Changes: 07/13/2016 09:51 (56), 04/07/2017 12:15 (20), 09/01/2022 14:49 (4), 09/01/2022 14:52 (1)
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