TRACE method is enabled Security Vulnerability

Description
In the presence of other cross-domain vulnerabilities in web browsers, sensitive header information could be read from any domains that support the HTTP TRACE method.

Impact
Attackers may abuse HTTP TRACE functionality to gain access to information in HTTP headers such as cookies and authentication data.

References
W3C - RFC 2616
US-CERT VU#867593
IIS 6 WWW Service Registry Entries
Cross-site tracing (XST)

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