CVE-2003-0513

High

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Internet Explorer to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability96. percentile9.8%
ProductMicrosoft Internet Explorer
PublishedApr 15, 2004
First seenApr 15, 2004

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_explorer5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0—
microsoft ie6.0—

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CVE-2003-0513 · Microsoft Internet Explorer · Dark Radar