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XCCDF
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000141
Clipboard operations via script must be disallowed (Internet zone).
Clipboard operations via script must be disallowed (Internet zone).
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Clipboard operations via script must be disallowed (Internet zone).
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>A malicious script could use the clipboard in an undesirable manner, for example, if the user had recently copied confidential information to the clipboard while editing a document, a malicious script could harvest that information. It might be possible to exploit other vulnerabilities in order to send the harvested data to the attacker. Allow paste operations via script must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>