Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-1873. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 9 does not properly create and initialize string data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML document, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2012 by Roman Shafigullin with LinkedIn as MS12-037 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1873 since 03/22/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59455 (MS12-037: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2699988)), 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 100116 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS12-037)).

Applying the patch MS12-037 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 12067.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75953), Tenable (59455), SecurityFocus (BID 53844†), OSVDB (82863†) and Secunia (SA49412†). The entries VDB-5514, VDB-5515, VDB-5516 and VDB-5527 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 59455
Nessus Name: MS12-037: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2699988)
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OpenVAS ID: 902682
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2699988)
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Patch: MS12-037
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS12-037
Researcher: Roman Shafigullin
Organization: LinkedIn
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5517

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X-Force: 75953
SecurityFocus: 53844 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2012-1873 Null Byte Handling Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 49412 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 82863 - Microsoft IE Null Byte Process Memory Remote Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1027147 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 35311 - [MS12-037] Microsoft Internet Explorer 7-9 Process Memory Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2012 11:53
Updated: 03/25/2021 12:02
Changes: 06/13/2012 11:53 (56), 04/07/2017 12:02 (29), 03/25/2021 11:56 (7), 03/25/2021 12:00 (2), 03/25/2021 12:02 (2)
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