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CVE-2003-0838
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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)..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
- http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
- http://www.osvdb.org/7872
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040