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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-1962. 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, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function. 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 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers "inactive filtering," aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 08/10/2011 as MS11-057 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1962. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55787 , 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 100105 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS11-057)).

Applying the patch MS11-057 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 (68823), Tenable (55787), SecurityFocus (BID 49032†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32643†). See VDB-2069, VDB-4383, VDB-4398 and VDB-56786 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: 55787
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OpenVAS ID: 902613
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2559049)
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Patch: MS11-057

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03/23/2015 +1321 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-057
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-1962 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1962
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58233

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X-Force: 68823
SecurityFocus: 49032
Vulnerability Center: 32643 - [MS11-057] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2011-1962), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/17/2021 14:09
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (44), 04/07/2017 12:10 (19), 11/17/2021 13:58 (1), 11/17/2021 14:03 (7), 11/17/2021 14:09 (1)
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