PT-2003-1905 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Drew Copley · Published 2003-10-07 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2003-0838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions and inject arbitrary programs by creating a popup window and inserting ActiveX object code. This code is treated as HTML or Javascript initially but is later executed as an HTA application. The QHosts Trojan horse has been used to exploit this issue.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0838

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 13

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/23114 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0838 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169 · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2 · Note
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8556 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7872 · Note