VDB-24715 · CVE-2005-0905 · BID 12898

Maxthon 1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Maxthon 1.2. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-0905. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Maxthon 1.2. 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 summary by CVE is:

Maxthon 1.2.0 allows remote malicious web sites to obtain potentially sensitive data from the search bar via the m2_search_text property.

The weakness was published 05/02/2005 by Aviv Raff (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0905 since 03/29/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 12898†) and Secunia (SA14712†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/25/2005 🔍
03/28/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/29/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +34 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
07/07/2018 +1215 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Aviv Raff
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0905 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0905
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24715
SecurityFocus: 12898
Secunia: 14712 - Maxthon "m2_search_text" Search Bar Exposure of Information, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/07/2018 10:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (44), 07/07/2018 10:14 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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