Information disclosure in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2012-0010

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly perform copy-and-paste operations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read content from a different (1) domain or (2) zone via a crafted web site, aka "Copy and Paste Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2012-02-14 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.141 (96.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.141 · newest: 0.141 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6, 9, 7
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 — versions r2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Xp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14835 (Tool Signature, signature, vdb-entry)
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-010 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)