CVE-2003-1041 Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a modified directory traversal attack using a URL containing ".." (dot dot) sequences and a filename that ends i...
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 52.6%
PoC
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Proof-of-concept only
Description
Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a modified directory traversal attack using a URL containing ".." (dot dot) sequences and a filename that ends in "::" which is treated as a .chm file even if it does not have a .chm extension. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2004-0475.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft ie | = 6-windows_server_2003_sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft ie | = 6.0-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5 | 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
- VU#187196 third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- 20031230 IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary programs using showHelp() exploit mailing-list vendor-advisory
- 9320 exploit vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- TA04-196A third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- MS04-023 vendor-advisory
- ie-showhelp-directory-traversal(14105) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1186 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1943 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3514 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:956 signature vdb-entry