CVE-2008-1545 Other in n/a
Remote attackers can perform HTTP request splitting and smuggling in Internet Explorer 7 by exploiting unrestricted Transfer-Encoding headers in XMLHttpRequest.
- 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-2008-1545?
CVE-2008-1545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 28 Mar 2008. 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1545?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-1545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqxg-27cj-85m3.