CVE-2003-1559 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Microsoft IE

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
39.9%
top 2.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Microsoft IEMicrosoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedDec 31
Latest updateApr 29

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/ie5.22

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5g87-97pw-p9m9: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5↗2022-04-29
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CVEList
CVE-2003-1559: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5↗2008-07-14
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