CVE-2011-1962 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can read cross-domain content via crafted websites exploiting character encoding flaws in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1962?
CVE-2011-1962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 10 Aug 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle unspecified character sequences, which allows remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site that triggers "inactive filtering," aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1962?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1962?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-1962 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1962 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
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- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q748-5xg5-4jrx.