CVE-2004-1166

Published Dec 31, 2004

Last updated 10 days ago

CVSS info 7.5

Overview

Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary FTP commands via an ftp:// URL that contains a URL-encoded newline ("%0a") before the FTP command, which causes the commands to be inserted into the resulting FTP session, as demonstrated using a PORT command.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
ie, internet_explorer

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-94

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.