Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 JSON Data Files information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component JSON Data Files. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-1297. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component JSON Data Files. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly restrict data access by VBScript, which allows remote attackers to perform cross-domain reading of JSON files via a crafted web site, aka "JSON Array Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 05/14/2013 by Yosuke Hasegawa as MS13-037 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1297 since 01/12/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66412 (MS13-037: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530)), 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 100147 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-037)).

Applying the patch MS13-037 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting Disable ActiveX Controls. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12920.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (66412), SecurityFocus (BID 59785†), OSVDB (93289†), Secunia (SA53327†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39574†). nakedsecurity.sophos.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7680, VDB-7975, VDB-7977 and VDB-7978. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 66412
Nessus Name: MS13-037: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530)
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OpenVAS ID: 903307
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Use After Free Vulnerabilities (2829530)
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Patch: MS13-037
Config: Disable ActiveX Controls
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-037
Researcher: Yosuke Hasegawa
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-1297 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8711

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SecurityFocus: 59785
Secunia: 53327 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 93289 - Microsoft IE Unspecified JSON Data File Information Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 39574 - [MS13-037] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-8 JSON Array Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 05/15/2013 15:30
Updated: 05/11/2021 09:38
Changes: 05/15/2013 15:30 (51), 04/07/2017 12:03 (28), 05/11/2021 09:35 (7), 05/11/2021 09:37 (2), 05/11/2021 09:38 (1)
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