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Internet Explorer 7 "mhtml:" Redirection Information Disclosure

Secunia advisory SA22477 (2006-10-19, Less critical, unpatched at publication) on Internet Explorer 7. Mishandling of redirections for URLs using the mhtml: URI handler lets a remote site read documents served from another origin. Confirmed on a fully patched IE 7.0 on Windows XP SP2; the only offered mitigation is disabling active scripting.

Record

Published by

Secunia

Date

19 October 2006

Format

Advisory

Topic

Other

In the archive

• Ranked #2 in the 2006 Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques

Tags

• vendor-advisory
• info-leak
• sop-bypass
• same-origin-policy
• url-parsing
• mime
• owasp-a01-2021
• owasp-a05-2021

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