PT-2009-4510 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Ming Zhang + 3 · Published 2009-06-15 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2009-2057

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions prior to 8

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script by modifying the CONNECT response from a proxy server. This is achieved by using the HTTP Host header to determine the context of a document provided in a 4xx or 5xx CONNECT response.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8, update to version 8 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2057

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 3

• 🔥 http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/79323/pbp-final-with-update.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2057 · Security Note
• http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=79323 · Note