01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 37.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-10-07 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-10-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 34cea7e24e7eeb0ecf7692d1952f3f84b86a0b9ae17b338253e8386946c6a436
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-popup-code-execution(13314)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
- marc.info20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
- www.osvdb.org7872http://www.osvdb.org/7872
- marc.info20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2
- lists.grok.org.uk20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html
- marc.info20030908 Temporary Fix for IE Zero Day Malware RE: BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com8556http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
- docs.microsoft.comMS03-040https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040
- www.ntbugtraq.com20031001 DNS/Hosts file issueshttp://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:204https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204
- securityresponse.symantec.comhttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html