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CVE-2011-2383

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-06-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 9-beta
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: through 9; 3.0, 4.0, 5, 6, 7, 8

References

• http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2011ams/?page_id=1388
• http://ju12.tistory.com/attachment/cfile4.uf%40151FAB4C4DDC9E0002A6FE.ppt
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20066419-83.html
• http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/IE-Flaw-Lets-Attackers-Steal-Cookies-Access-User-Accounts-402503/
• http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/229700031
• http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/74259
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/microsoft_internet_explorer_cookiejacking/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V95CX-3JpK0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsSkcnIFCxM
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12820
• https://sites.google.com/site/tentacoloviola/cookiejacking/Cookiejacking2011_final.ppt

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