Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-4073
CVE-2009-4073
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 was generated from a local web page.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- osvdb.org/60504nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/37362nvd
- securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threadednvd
- www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355nvd
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