CVE-2008-1544

Microsoft Internet Explorer <7 - SSRF

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29453
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5291
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020226
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28379
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489954/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3785

Scores

EPSS 0.2632
EPSS Percentile 97.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01 sp4
microsoft/internet_explorer 6 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
Published Mar 28, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026