CVE-2003-0838
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 7, 2003
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 2, 2003
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).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- ie-popup-code-execution(13314)vdb-entry
- 20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032mailing-list
- 7872vdb-entry
- 20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032mailing-list
- 20030907 BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032mailing-list
- 20030908 Temporary Fix for IE Zero Day Malware RE: BAD NEWS: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032mailing-list
- 8556vdb-entry
- MS03-040vendor-advisory
- 20031001 DNS/Hosts file issuesmailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:204vdb-entrysignature
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
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