PT-2011-3821 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Rosario Valotta · Published 2011-06-03 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2011-2383

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 9 and earlier

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL. This is related to a "cookiejacking" issue. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could allow information disclosure if a user viewed the Web page and performed a drag-and-drop operation, potentially gaining access to cookie files stored in the local machine.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2383

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 15

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2383 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2383 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12820 · Note
• http://ju12.tistory.com/attachment/cfile4.uf%40151FAB4C4DDC9E0002A6FE.ppt · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-057 · Note
• http://informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/229700031 · Note
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=V95CX-3JpK0 · Note
• http://theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/microsoft_internet_explorer_cookiejacking · Note
• https://sites.google.com/site/tentacoloviola/cookiejacking/Cookiejacking2011_final.ppt · Note
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20066419-83.html · Note
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=VsSkcnIFCxM · Note
• http://networkworld.com/community/node/74259 · Note
• http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2011ams/?page_id=1388 · Note
• http://eweek.com/c/a/Security/IE-Flaw-Lets-Attackers-Steal-Cookies-Access-User-Accounts-402503 · Note