PT-2012-3614 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Roman Shafigullin · Published 2012-06-12 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2012-1873

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 7 through 9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML document. An information disclosure vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to gain access and read Internet Explorer's process memory. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted webpage that could allow information disclosure if a user viewed the webpage. An attacker who successfully exploited this issue could view content from Internet Explorer's process memory.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1873

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1873 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1873 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-037 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15026 · Note