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CVE-2003-0838

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/11/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions to inject and execute arbitrary programs by creating a popup window and inserting ActiveX object code with a "data" tag pointing to the malicious code, which Internet Explorer treats as HTML or Javascript, but later executes as an HTA application, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0532, and as exploited using the QHosts Trojan horse (aka Trojan.Qhosts, QHosts-1, VBS.QHOSTS, or aolfix.exe).

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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