Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/60504
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37362
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
Scores
EPSS
0.1959
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5
microsoft/internet_explorer
6
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
microsoft/internet_explorer
8
Published
Nov 24, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026