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CVE-2003-0309

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CVE-2003-0309

Published: May 17, 2003

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass security zone restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via a web document with a large number of duplicate file:// or other requests that point to the program and open multiple file download dialogs, which eventually cause Internet Explorer to execute the program, as demonstrated using a large number of FRAME or IFRAME tags, aka the "File Download Dialog Vulnerability."

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

VU#251788
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:948
vdb-entry
signature
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8807
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
7539
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MS03-020
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS

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