CVE-2008-1545

The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not restrict the dangerous Transfer-Encoding HTTP request header, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via a POST containing a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a request body with an incorrect chunk size.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29453	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3786
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42804
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489960/100/0/threaded

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0.5730.11:::::::*

Information

Published : 2008-03-28 16:44

Updated : 2021-07-23 08:05

NVD link : CVE-2008-1545

Mitre link : CVE-2008-1545

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer

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