Information disclosure in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2003-1559
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.22, and other 5 through 6 SP1 versions, sends Referer headers containing https:// URLs in requests for http:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.158 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 5.22
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 5.5, 6
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)