CVE-2003-1559

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
39.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: December 31, 2003 (8170 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

microsoft iemicrosoft internet explorer

References

🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 www.gadgetopia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com