CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.5%
Internet Explorer is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900897");
script_version("2024-02-19T05:05:57+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-19 05:05:57 +0000 (Mon, 19 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-30 15:32:46 +0100 (Mon, 30 Nov 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4073");
script_name("Microsoft Internet Explorer PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Nov 2009)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37117");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows");
script_dependencies("gb_ms_ie_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("MS/IE/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attacks which may leads to the exposure of system
information on the affected system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6/7/8.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The weakness is due to an Internet Explorer including the first
63 bytes of the file path in the 'Title' property when converting local HTML or
MHT files to PDF using a PDF printer. This can lead to the exposure of certain
system information e.g. the user name.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Internet Explorer is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
ieVer = get_kb_item("MS/IE/Version");
if(!ieVer){
exit(0);
}
if(ieVer =~ "^(6|7|8)\..*"){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}