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CVE-2009-1140

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4; 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 does not prevent HTML rendering of cached content, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors, aka "Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7, 5.01-sp4, 6-sp1

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6278
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6278

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