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TITLE:
Internet Explorer "mhtml:" Redirection Disclosure of Sensitive
Information

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22477

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22477/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/12366/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can
be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of
redirections for URLs with the "mhtml:" URI handler. This can be
exploited to access documents served from another web site.

Secunia has constructed a test, which is available at:
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Content_Disclosure_Vulnerability_Test/

Secunia has confirmed the vulnerability on a fully patched system
with Internet Explorer 7.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Disable active scripting support.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19738:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19738/

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