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CVE-2003-1559

CVE information

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -