PT-2004-1206 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Liu Die Yu · Published 2004-01-08 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2003-1028

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer version 6 SP1

Description The issue concerns the download function, which allows remote attackers to obtain the cache directory name. This is achieved through an HTTP response with an invalid ContentType and a .htm file. As a result, security mechanisms that rely on random names could be bypassed.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer version 6 SP1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1028

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1028 · Security Note
• http://safecenter.net/UMBRELLAWEBV4/threadid10008 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13847 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106979624321665&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107038202225587&w=2 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7890 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106979428718705&w=2 · Note