CVE-2003-1328

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1328
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-02-19 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe showHelp() function in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 supports certain types of pluggable protocols that allow remote attackers to bypass the cross-domain security model and execute arbitrary code, aka "Improper Cross Domain Security Validation with ShowHelp functionality."

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
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-004 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-038.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - showHelp("file:") disables security in IE - Sandblad advisory #11 - From sandblad_at_acc.umu.se af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Microsoft Internet Explorer ShowHelp Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#400577 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
ISS X-Force Database:ie-showhelp-zone-bypass(11259): Internet Explorer showHelp() zone bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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