CVE-2009-4073
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200
Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
24/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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
- 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



