CVE-2008-1544

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 None
Description
The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not block dangerous HTTP request headers when certain 8-bit character sequences are appended to a header name, which allows remote attackers to (1) conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via an incorrect Content-Length header, (2) access arbitrary virtual hosts via a modified Host header, (3) bypass referrer restrictions via an incorrect Referer header, and (4) bypass the same-origin policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted request header.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-1544
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-03-28T23:44:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-02-26T14:04:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29453 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3785
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28379 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020226
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5291
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489954/100/0/threaded
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1544
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1544
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:57:47 Added to TrackCVE