Information disclosure in Microsoft products - CVE-2014-0266
Published: January 12, 2017 / Updated: April 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4345
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0266
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft XML Core Services
Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft XML Core Services
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper enforcement of cross-domain policies. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into visiting it using Internet Explorer, bypass cross-domain security restrictions and read local files or content from web domains the victim is authenticated with.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to improper enforcement of cross-domain policies. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into visiting it using Internet Explorer, bypass cross-domain security restrictions and read local files or content from web domains the victim is authenticated with.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0266
Install update from vendor's website.