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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-1977

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

The ASP.NET Chart controls in Microsoft .NET Framework 4, and Chart Control for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, do not properly verify functions in URIs, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via special characters in a URI in an HTTP request, aka "Chart Control Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

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