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GHSA-5P8R-4665-9FC2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:51 – Updated: 2025-04-09 04:16

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-5p8r-4665-9fc2",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T04:16:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:51:24Z",
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CVE-2009-4073 (GCVE-0-2009-4073)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
	http://osvdb.org/60504	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
	http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://secunia.com/advisories/37362	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public ?

2009-11-23 00:00

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-5P8R-4665-9FC2

CVE-2009-4073 (GCVE-0-2009-4073)

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