CVE-2003-0309 (GCVE-0-2003-0309)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-05-17 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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."
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