CVE-2003-1028

Ie vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

19.1%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

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 vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

CVSS vector

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

Published

2004-01-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 19.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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