Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2010-0652
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer permits cross-origin loading of CSS stylesheets even when the stylesheet download has an incorrect MIME type and the stylesheet document is malformed, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document.
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- NETWORK
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- PARTIAL
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CWE-200 - Information Exposure
An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published