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CVE-2012-6502

Microsoft Internet Explorer before 10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the existence of files, and read certain data from files, via a UNC share pathname in the SRC attribute of a SCRIPT element, as demonstrated by reading a name-value pair from a local file via a \\127.0.0.1\C$\ sequence.

Published

2013-01-22T15:55:02.980

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-200
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 6 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 7 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 7.0.5730 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 8 Yes
Application microsoft internet_explorer 9 Yes
References