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CVE-2003-0816

CVE information

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions by (1) using the NavigateAndFind method to load a file: URL containing Javascript, as demonstrated by NAFfileJPU, (2) using the window.open method to load a file: URL containing Javascript, as demonstrated using WsOpenFileJPU, (3) setting the href property in the base tag for the _search window, as demonstrated using WsBASEjpu, (4) loading the search window into an Iframe, as demonstrated using WsFakeSrc, (5) caching a javascript: URL in the browser history, then accessing that URL in the same frame as the target domain, as demonstrated using WsOpenJpuInHistory, NAFjpuInHistory, BackMyParent, BackMyParent2, and RefBack, aka the "Script URLs Cross Domain" vulnerability..

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
- -

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