PT-2011-1256 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2011-12-07 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2002-2435

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8.0 and earlier

Description The issue is related to the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation, specifically the handling of the :visited pseudo-class. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8.0 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2435

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• 🔥 http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2435 · Security Note
• http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71817 · Note