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 classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-3342. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (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 summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 does not prevent rendering of cached content as HTML, which allows remote attackers to access content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via unspecified script code, aka "Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3348.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was presented 12/16/2010 as MS10-090 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3342. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1016 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51162 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100094 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-090)).

Applying the patch MS10-090 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (63558), Tenable (51162), SecurityFocus (BID 45256†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024872†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28637†). See VDB-4212, VDB-55757, VDB-55756 and VDB-55755 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 51162
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OpenVAS ID: 900262
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2416400)
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Patch: MS10-090

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-090
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-3342 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3342
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55753

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X-Force: 63558
SecurityFocus: 45256
SecurityTracker: 1024872
Vulnerability Center: 28637 - [MS10-090] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 03/31/2025 06:28
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (46), 04/07/2017 12:10 (19), 10/07/2021 07:52 (1), 10/07/2021 07:57 (7), 10/07/2021 08:02 (2), 03/31/2025 06:28 (21)
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