CVE-2012-6502 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can read local file data via UNC paths in script tags, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious page.
- 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-2012-6502?
CVE-2012-6502 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 22 Jan 2013. 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 before 10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the existence of files, and read certain data from files, via a UNC share pathname in the SRC attribute of a SCRIPT element, as demonstrated by reading a name-value pair from a local file via a \\127.0.0.1\C$\ sequence.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6502?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6502?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6502 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-6502 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6502 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- 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-24v8-qmh3-px63.