CVE-2005-4089 (GCVE-0-2005-4089)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-08 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
13 references
Date Public
2005-12-07 00:00
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