National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1992

Overview

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a "trial and error" attack, aka "XSS Filter Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA11-347A

Name: TA11-347A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS11-099

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS11-099

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14745

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14745

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14745

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14745