CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-1025

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2004-01-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-01-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to spoof the domain of a URL via a "%01" character before an @ sign in the user@domain portion of the URL, which hides the rest of the URL, including the real site, in the address bar, aka the "Improper URL Canonicalization Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information weakness

References