CVE-2008-1544

Description

The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not block dangerous HTTP request headers when certain 8-bit character sequences are appended to a header name, which allows remote attackers to (1) conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via an incorrect Content-Length header, (2) access arbitrary virtual hosts via a modified Host header, (3) bypass referrer restrictions via an incorrect Referer header, and (4) bypass the same-origin policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted request header.

Related CPE's

amicrosoftinternet_explorer6sp1******

amicrosoftinternet_explorer5.01sp4******

omicrosoftwindows_2000*sp4******

amicrosoftinternet_explorer6*******

omicrosoftwindows_xp**x64*****

omicrosoftwindows_xp*sp2******

omicrosoftwindows_server_2003********

omicrosoftwindows_server_2003*sp1******

omicrosoftwindows_server_2003*sp1itanium*****

omicrosoftwindows_xp*sp3******

References

http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html

29453

Vendor Advisory

3785

TA08-162B

US Government Resource

28379

Patch

HPSBST02344

1020226

ADV-2008-1778

Vendor Advisory

ADV-2008-0980

Vendor Advisory

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5291

20080321 [MSA02240108] IE7 allows overwriting of several headers leading to Http request Splitting and smuggling.

MS08-031

CvssV3 impact

Could not find any metrics

CvssV2 impact

Version

2.0

VectorString

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

AccessVector

NETWORK

AccessComplexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

ConfidentialityImpact

COMPLETE

IntegrityImpact

NONE

AvailabilityImpact

NONE

BaseScore

7.099999904632568

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