Vulnerability Details 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 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).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.683
EPSS Ranking 98.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
- http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169
- http://www.osvdb.org/7872
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
- http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169
- http://www.osvdb.org/7872
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204
Products affected by CVE-2003-0838
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0