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Internet Explorer File Identification Variant
Secunia Advisory: SA10820
Release Date: 2004-02-09
Last Update: 2006-03-23
Popularity: 31,217 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Jelmer has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, allowing malicious sites to detect the presence of local files.

The problem is that a vbscript can cause Internet Explorer to report different error messages depending on whether a file specified in a form exists or not. This could be exploited to determine the presence of specific programs or data.

This is a variant of older vulnerabilities reported to affect previous versions of Internet Explorer.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 6.0 SP1 with all patches applied.

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