CVE-2003-0838 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 t...
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 37.6%
Public exploit
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Public exploit available
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).
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft ie | = 6.0-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.0.1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.0.1-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.0.1-sp2 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.0.1-sp3 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.5 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.5-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.5-sp2 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 6.0 | No fix listed |
References
- 20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032 mailing-list
- 20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032 mailing-list
- 20030908 Temporary Fix for IE Zero Day Malware RE: BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032 mailing-list
- 20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032 mailing-list
- securityresponse.symantec.com
- 20031001 DNS/Hosts file issues mailing-list
- 7872 vdb-entry
- 8556 vdb-entry
- MS03-040 vendor-advisory
- ie-popup-code-execution(13314) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:204 signature vdb-entry