27850 : Microsoft IE Cross Site Window Location Information Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
7	536	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2006-08-08	2006-08-08

Keywords

aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when a user accesses a web page that contains a malicious script that persists across navigation between pages, which will disclose window location of visited web pages in other domains resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch to address this issue. Additionally, it is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): Disable active scripting.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Internet Explorer	5.0x
		6.0
		6.0 SP1

References

Security Tracker: 1016663
Bugtraq ID: 19339
CVE ID: 2006-3640 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21396
Related OSVDB ID: 27851 27852 27853 27854 27855
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 918899
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-3212
Keyword: aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
News Article: http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=6581
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS06-042

Tools & Filters

	22184

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-08-09 | Disagree?

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