CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-1028

5.0 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])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The download function of Internet Explorer 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to obtain the cache directory name via an HTTP response with an invalid ContentType and a .htm file, which could allow remote attackers to bypass security mechanisms that rely on random names, as demonstrated by threadid10008.

Affected configurations

• microsoft ie 6.0 • microsoft internet explorer 5.0 • microsoft internet explorer 5.0.1 • microsoft internet explorer 5.5 • microsoft internet explorer 6.0

References