National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1258

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly restrict web script, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via vectors involving a drag-and-drop operation, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MS

Name: MS11-050

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-050.mspx

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12495

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12495

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/06/09/june-advance-notification-service-and-10-immutable-laws-revisited.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/06/09/june-advance-notification-service-and-10-immutable-laws-revisited.aspx

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12495

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12495