Referer Leakage Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.22 and 5 through 6 SP1 Versions

CVE-2003-1559 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.22, and other 5 through 6 SP1 versions, sends Referer headers containing https:// URLs in requests for http:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.

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