CVE-2009-2057

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer before 8 uses the HTTP Host header to determine the context of a document provided in a (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response from a proxy server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script by modifying this CONNECT response, aka an "SSL tampering" attack.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 15, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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