01 Record
CVE-2003-1559
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.22, and other 5 through 6 SP1 versions, sends Referer headers containing https:// URLs in requests for http:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.22, and other 5 through 6 SP1 versions, sends Referer headers containing https:// URLs in requests for http:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-07-14 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9713d4875bacd9fa5dccff7cf919f6c46c957cb5dca05ebc49785fad3133c323
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20031230 RE: IE 5.22 on Mac Transmitting HTTP Referer from Secure Pagehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348574
- www.gadgetopia.comhttp://www.gadgetopia.com/2003/12/23/OutlookWebAccessPrivacyHole.html
- www.securityfocus.com9295http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9295
- www.securityfocus.com20031224 IE 5.22 on Mac Transmitting HTTP Referer from Secure Pagehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348360
- securityreason.com3989http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3989