Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-4689. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine whether a document exists in the browser cache via crafted JavaScript code.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was presented 12/07/2011 (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-4689. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1372 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119769 (Mozilla Firefox Cache Objects History Enumeration Vulnerability - Zero Day).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71635), SecurityFocus (BID 50918†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34009†). See VDB-59596 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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OpenVAS ID: 802287
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Cache Objects History Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/23/2015 +1196 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59618
X-Force: 71635
SecurityFocus: 50918 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS ':visited' Browser History Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 47129
Vulnerability Center: 34009 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-9 Same Origin Policy Malfunction Allows Remote Cache Read, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/05/2025 18:36
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (57), 05/07/2019 12:43 (8), 11/28/2021 07:23 (3), 01/05/2025 18:36 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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