Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-1258. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 does not properly determine the origin of script code, which allows remote attackers to execute script in an unintended domain or security zone, and obtain sensitive information, via unspecified vectors, aka "Event Handler Cross-Domain Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 08/10/2010 with Google und VUPEN as MS10-053 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1258 since 04/05/2010. 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.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48290 (MS10-053: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2183461)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100089 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS10-053)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS10-053 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 immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10071.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (60713), Tenable (48290), SecurityFocus (BID 42257†), OSVDB (66998†) and Secunia (SA40895†). The entries VDB-54340, VDB-54339, VDB-54338 and VDB-54337 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 48290
Nessus Name: MS10-053: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2183461)
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OpenVAS ID: 901139
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2183461)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS10-053
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-053
Organization: Google und VUPEN
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4164

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X-Force: 60713
SecurityFocus: 42257
Secunia: 40895 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 66998 - Microsoft IE Event Handler Unspecified Cross-domain Information Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 26772 - [MS10-053] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2010 02:00
Updated: 03/18/2021 09:17
Changes: 08/19/2010 02:00 (57), 04/07/2017 12:02 (29), 03/18/2021 09:10 (8), 03/18/2021 09:14 (2), 03/18/2021 09:17 (1)
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