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CVE-2003-1028 (GCVE-0-2003-1028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-01-08 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:12
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2003-11-25 00:00
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