Information disclosure in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2015-1729

 

Information disclosure in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2015-1729

Published: January 30, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5511
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1729
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerabiity allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the failure to properly enforce cross-domain policies. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it and view content from another domain or Internet Explorer zone.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2015-1729

Install update from vendor's website.

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