PT-2017-16171 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2017-10-31 · Updated 2017-11-22 · CVE-2017-3935

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Network Data Loss Prevention (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns MIME type sniffing, which can be exploited by older versions of Internet Explorer to interpret the response body as a different content type than intended. This could lead to the response body being displayed in an unintended format.

Recommendations 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-2017-3935

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3935 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3935 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10198 · Note