PT-2009-4522
CVE-2009-2069
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Published
2009-06-15
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Updated
2021-07-23
Description by
CVSS 2.0
5.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions prior to 8
Description
The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site. This is done by letting a browser obtain a valid certificate from the site during one request and then sending the browser a crafted 502 response page upon a subsequent request. The attackers can exploit this by displaying a cached certificate for a 4xx or 5xx CONNECT response page returned by a proxy server.
Recommendations
For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions prior to 8, update to version 8 or later to resolve the issue.
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