MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1852

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer, when the Invisible Hand extension is enabled, uses cookies during background HTTP requests in a possibly unexpected manner, which might allow remote web servers to identify specific persons and their product searches via HTTP request logging, related to a "cross-site data leakage" issue.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2010-05-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-1852

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1852.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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