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CVE-2003-1028

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 an…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftIe
Version 6.0
MicrosoftInternet Explorer
Versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0

References