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7.5high

CVE-2003-0838in critical feed1 exploit

Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions to inject and execute arbitrary programs by creating a popup window a…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
37.6%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

37.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-23114 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Browser Popup Window Object Type Validation · remote · 2003-09-07

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/13314 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /7872 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • lists.grok.org.uk /pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/8556 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • ntbugtraq.com /default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169 · mailing-list, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • securityresponse.symantec.com /avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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