01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 52.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.8% 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
- 2004-05-20 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-05-13
- 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
- 20d1d0e3560316b4e9c7e80b6c87eeee64d534087f53ae800971f060335ad310
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.us-cert.govTA04-196Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1186https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1186
- www.securityfocus.com9320http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9320
- docs.microsoft.comMS04-023https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-023
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1943https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1943
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#187196http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187196
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:956https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A956
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:3514https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3514
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-showhelp-directory-traversal(14105)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14105
- www.securityfocus.com20031230 IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary programs using showHelp()http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521