PT-2011-2984 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2011-06-16 · Updated 2022-02-28 · CVE-2011-1246

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 version 8

Description The issue allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information from a different domain or zone via a crafted HTTP response. This is due to the improper handling of content settings in HTTP responses. An attacker could force the browser to perform unexpected actions when a user downloads Web content, allowing the attacker to view content from a different domain or Internet Explorer zone.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1246

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1246 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1246 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12464 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-050 · Note