CVE-2012-6502 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions prior to 10. It allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files and read limited data from them by specifying a UNC share pathname in a SCRIPT element's SRC attribute. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating network access, high attack complexity, and partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.5730CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0.5730:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.