National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-1025
Original release date:01/20/2004
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to spoof the domain of a URL via a "%01" character before an @ sign in the user@domain portion of the URL, which hides the rest of the URL, including the real site, in the address bar, aka the "Improper URL Canonicalization Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA04-033A
Name: TA04-033A
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#652278
Name: VU#652278
Type: Advisory
External Source: XF
Name: ie-domain-url-spoofing(13935)
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun1.htm
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20031209 Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability
Type: Advisory
External Source: MS
Name: MS04-004
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:526
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:526
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:513
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:513
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:512
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:512
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:511
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:511
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:510
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:510
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:491
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:491
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:490
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:490
Type: Tool Signature