01 Record

CVE-2009-4073

The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 19.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2009-11-24 17:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-11-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1fb0e57f02037c4bcff635c32de97332fa3edda489141c4f1eecc6a8e846f3a9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com20091123 Millions of PDF invisibly embedded with your internal disk pathshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12355https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
osvdb.org60504http://osvdb.org/60504vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
securethoughts.comhttp://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/x_refsource_MISC
secunia.com37362http://secunia.com/advisories/37362third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.theregister.co.ukhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/x_refsource_MISC

01 Record index

CVE-2009-4073

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2009-4073

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References