Summary
This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to information disclosure vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to gain access to sensitive information that may aid in further attacks.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in msxml.dll allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about heap memory addresses via an XML document containing a call to the XSLT generate-id XPath function.
Affected
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 on Windows 7.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1713 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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