Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-4073
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.267
EPSS Ranking 96.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://osvdb.org/60504
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37362
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355
- http://osvdb.org/60504
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37362
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355
Products affected by CVE-2009-4073
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8