PT-2012-2238 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Jason Hullinger · Published 2012-02-14 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2012-0012

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 9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read data from arbitrary process-memory locations via a crafted web site. An information disclosure vulnerability exists, which can be exploited by constructing a specially crafted web page disguised as legitimate content, potentially allowing an attacker to view content from the Internet Explorer process memory.

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

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0012

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-010 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0012 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0012 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-010 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14870 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html · Note