Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-3321. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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 weakness was presented 08/09/2016 by Yorick Koster as MS16-095 / 3177356 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3321 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92819 (MS16-095: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3177356)), 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 100294 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS16-095)).

Applying the patch MS16-095 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92819) and SecurityFocus (BID 92291†). See VDB-90679, VDB-90680, VDB-90681 and VDB-90682 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 92819
Nessus Name: MS16-095: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3177356)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (3177356)
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MetaSploit ID: ie_sandbox_findfiles.rb
MetaSploit Name: Internet Explorer Iframe Sandbox File Name Disclosure Vulnerability
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Patch: MS16-095

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-095 / 3177356
Researcher: Yorick Koster
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3321 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3321
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90683
SecurityFocus: 92291 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2016-3321 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036562

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2016 09:09
Updated: 09/13/2022 13:45
Changes: 08/10/2016 09:09 (68), 04/07/2017 12:15 (13), 09/13/2022 13:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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