Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer HTTP Request Encoding Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Internet Explorer contains a vulnerability which could allow an attacker to construct a URL which would redirect the user to a third party website and send commands to that site which, to the third party site, would appear to have come from the user.
This vulnerability would most likely be exploited against a user who subscribed to some form of web-based service such as email or file hosting.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would require specific knowledge of the targetted user and be difficult to exploit on a widespread scale.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
References:
- Microsoft: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-051
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