PT-2011-2996 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2011-06-16 · Updated 2022-02-28 · CVE-2011-1258

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 6 through 8

Description An information disclosure issue exists, allowing script to access information from a different domain or zone. This can be exploited by an attacker constructing a specially crafted web page that, when viewed and used for a drag-and-drop operation, could lead to information disclosure. The attacker could potentially view content from another domain or Internet Explorer zone.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1258

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/06/09/june-advance-notification-service-and-10-immutable-laws-revisited.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1258 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1258 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-050 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12495 · Note