Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2003-0838
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).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.376 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.376 · newest: 0.376 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/7872 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html (mailing-list)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:204 (signature, vdb-entry)