CVE-2011-2383

Published: Jun 3, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

4.3MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

ieOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

internet explorerOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

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Exploitability

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References

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/229700031

informationweek.com

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057

docs.microsoft.com

http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2011ams/?page_id=1388

conference.hackinthebox.org

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