CVE-2003-0838

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0838
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInternet 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie 6.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Security Response - Trojan.Qhosts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityresponse.symantec.com
'BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
www.osvdb.org/7872 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-040 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
[Full-Disclosure] BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ntbugtraq.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'Temporary Fix for IE Zero Day Malware RE: BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser Popup Window Object Type Validation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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