Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-1882. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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 block cross-domain scrolling events, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site, aka "Scrolling Events Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2012 by Roman Shafigullin with Microsoft as MS12-037 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1882 since 03/22/2012. 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. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75962), Tenable (59455), SecurityFocus (BID 53871†), OSVDB (82872†) and Secunia (SA49412†). The entries VDB-5514, VDB-5515, VDB-5516 and VDB-5517 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Private
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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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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS12-037

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS12-037
Researcher: Roman Shafigullin
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1882 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1882
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5527

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X-Force: 75962
SecurityFocus: 53871 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Scrolling Events Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 49412 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 82872 - Microsoft IE Scrolling Events Cross-domain 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: 35328 - [MS12-037] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-9 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 06/13/2012 17:18
Updated: 03/25/2021 13:32
Changes: 06/13/2012 17:18 (56), 04/07/2017 12:02 (27), 03/25/2021 13:26 (7), 03/25/2021 13:32 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:C6B:103

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