CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0513

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, causing Internet Explorer to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to application cookies, potentially leading to session hijacking or other attacks on the application running on the same server.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Internet Explorer to the latest version and implement additional security measures, such as cookie access restrictions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Internet Explorer to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS