CVE-2012-6502
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
2.6
VIR risk
2.6
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7.0.5730 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 9 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.