CVE Database · CVE-2009-2057
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
3.03%
Published
Jun 15, 2009
Modified
Apr 22, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit
All weaponized →No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.
Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (94)
References (4)
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