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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS11-057 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2559049) Internet Explorer Critical 10-08-2011

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer.
Detailed Information on the risk:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could allow information disclosure if a user viewed the Web page and performed a drag-and-drop operation. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to cookie files stored in the local machine.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS11-057

Affected Software

Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9