30816 : Microsoft IE TIF Folder Cached Content Information Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
8	557	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2006-12-12	2006-12-12

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when user accesses a malicious web page that contains a specially crafted object HTML tag, which will disclose the path and content to the cached content located in the user's temporary internet folder 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 ActiveX Controls.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Internet Explorer	5
		6

References

Security Tracker: 1017374
CVE ID: 2006-5577 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 21507
Secunia Advisory ID: 23288
SCIP VulDB ID: 2734 2736
Related OSVDB ID: 30813 30814 30815
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 925454
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-4966
Other Advisory URL: http://www.eeye.com/research/html/newsletters/alert/pub/AL20061212.html
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2006/12/microsoft_patch_tuesday_decemb.html
Generic Informational URL: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_object.asp
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS06-072

Tools & Filters

	23833

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-12-12 | Disagree?

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