CVE-2003-0838 (GCVE-0-2003-0838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-10-07 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 02:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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).
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169
cve@mitre.org http://www.osvdb.org/7872
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
cve@mitre.org https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osvdb.org/7872
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A204
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