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Sid
3-16504

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 does not properly handle unspecified "encoding strings," which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Post Encoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2010-0488:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0488
  
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