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CVE-2003-0838

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CVE-2003-0838

Published: Oct 7, 2003

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

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 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).

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

ie-popup-code-execution(13314)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
7872
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
8556
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MS03-040
vendor-advisory
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20031001 DNS/Hosts file issues
mailing-list
x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:204
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL

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