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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900897
Category:Windows
Title:Microsoft Internet Explorer PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Nov09
Summary:This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to; Information Disclosure vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to
Information Disclosure vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The weakness is due to an Internet Explorer including the first
63 bytes of the file path in the 'Title' property when converting local HTML or
MHT files to PDF using a PDF printer. This can lead to the exposure of certain
system information e.g. the user name.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful attacks which may leads to the exposure of system
information on the affected system.

Affected Software/OS:
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6/7/8.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 37117
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4073
Bugtraq: 20091123 Millions of PDF invisibly embedded with your internal disk paths (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
http://osvdb.org/60504
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355
http://secunia.com/advisories/37362
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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