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
Published Mar 16, 2004
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.77%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.77% (0.09768) | 95.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.77% (0.09768) | 94.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 11.06% (0.11064) | 92.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 4.64% (0.04641) | 87.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.87% (0.02871) | 85.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.70% (0.01705) | 88.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | 1.22% (0.01220) | 83.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00609) | 75.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.77% (0.09772) | 94.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.77% (0.09772) | 93.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.77% (0.09772) | 87.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0056.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHExploitVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-March/018475.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0056.html | mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-March/018475.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
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