CVE-2009-4073 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.

Published: 2009-11-24

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 26.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.26655.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/60504
http://secunia.com/advisories/37362
http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-11-24T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:08.599Z

Reserved: 2009-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4073

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-11-24T17:30:00.547

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-4073

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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