CVE-2003-1028

medium

Description

The download function of Internet Explorer 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to obtain the cache directory name via an HTTP response with an invalid ContentType and a .htm file, which could allow remote attackers to bypass security mechanisms that rely on random names, as demonstrated by threadid10008.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13847

http://www.safecenter.net/UMBRELLAWEBV4/threadid10008

http://www.osvdb.org/7890

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107038202225587&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106979624321665&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106979428718705&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-01-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.1492