CVE-2011-2383
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.
- Record
CVE-2011-2383- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.
- Record
CVE-2011-2383- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-2372 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.
- Record
EUVD-2011-2372- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9q5h-jvgh-x2h7 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read cookie files via vectors involving an IFRAME element with a SRC attribute containing an http: URL that redirects to a file: URL, as demonstrated by a Facebook game, related to a "cookiejacking" issue, aka "Drag and Drop Information Disclosure Vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix in the Internet Explorer 9 release.
- Record
GHSA-9q5h-jvgh-x2h7- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-2383 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Ie, published June 3, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.8%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/229700031
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-057
conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2011ams?page_id=1388
news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20066419-83.html
eweek.com/c/a/Security/IE-Flaw-Lets-Attackers-Steal-Cookies-Access-User-Accounts-402503
theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/microsoft_internet_explorer_cookiejacking
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oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12820
youtube.com/watch?v=VsSkcnIFCxM
ju12.tistory.com/attachment/cfile4.uf%40151FAB4C4DDC9E0002A6FE.ppt
networkworld.com/community/node/74259
youtube.com/watch?v=V95CX-3JpK0
sites.google.com/site/tentacoloviola/cookiejacking/Cookiejacking2011_final.ppt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2383
ju12.tistory.com/attachment/[email protected]
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q5h-jvgh-x2h7