ID:8588 - Exploit for Input validation error - CVE-2011-3389

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:8588 - Exploit for Input validation error - CVE-2011-3389

ID:8588 - Exploit for Input validation error - CVE-2011-3389

Published: November 8, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33691
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3389
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HTTP headers via a blockwise chosen-boundary attack (BCBA) on an HTTPS session, in conjunction with JavaScript code that uses (1) the HTML5 WebSocket API, (2) the Java URLConnection API, or (3) the Silverlight WebClient API, aka a "BEAST" attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.