Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 10 Mouse/Keyboard Activity edit.php fireEvent information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 10. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function fireEvent of the file edit.php of the component Mouse/Keyboard Activity Handler. The manipulation with the input onmousemove results in information disclosure. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception. It is best to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 10 (Web Browser). Affected is the function fireEvent of the file edit.php of the component Mouse/Keyboard Activity Handler. The manipulation with the input value onmousemove 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 weakness was shared 12/12/2012 by Nick Johnson with spider.io as Information disclosure (mouse tracking) as confirmed posting (Website) via Bugtraq. The advisory is shared for download at spider.io. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/07/2017). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

A public exploit has been developed by Nick Johnson in HTML/Javascript and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at seclists.org. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 72 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. By approaching the search of inurl:edit.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. http://iedataleak.spider.io/demo includes a live demonstration of the security vulnerability.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80645), Exploit-DB (23321), SecurityFocus (BID 56921†), OSVDB (88357†) and Secunia (SA51446†). Further details are available at arstechnica.com. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Nick Johnson
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: Information disclosure (mouse tracking)
Researcher: Nick Johnson
Organization: spider.io
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7104
X-Force: 80645 - OpenDocMan edit.php and check-in.php SQL injection, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 56921 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mouse Cursor Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 51446
OSVDB: 88357 - Microsoft IE fireEvent() Method Mouse / Keyboard Activity Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1027870 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Discloses Mouse Location to Remote Users

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/13/2012 09:18
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:02
Changes: 12/13/2012 09:18 (72), 04/07/2017 12:02 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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