CVE-2004-0866 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack user sessions via cookie manipulation on country-specific domains, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0866?
CVE-2004-0866 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 13 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Internet Explorer 6.0 allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, such as .ltd.uk, .plc.uk, and .sch.uk, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0866?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Kde Konqueror, Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0866?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2004-0866 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0866 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as CVE-2004-0868, GHSA-8j48-wxgf-pfpq.