CVE-2005-4080 (GCVE-0-2005-4080)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-08 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Horde IMP 4.0.4 and earlier does not sanitize strings containing UTF16 null characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via UTF16 encoded attachments and strings that will be executed when viewed using Internet Explorer, which ignores the characters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/232 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15730/ | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17910 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418734/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2773 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015315 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Date Public
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