CVE-2004-1527

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 does not properly handle certain character strings in the Path attribute, which can cause it to modify cookies in other domains when the attacker's domain name is within the target's domain name or when wildcard DNS is being used, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110053968530613&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13208
http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/79_e.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11680
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18073
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110053968530613&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13208
http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/79_e.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11680
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18073

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