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."
Published: 2003-05-17
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 19.2% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:47.199Z

Reserved: 2003-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0309

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Status : Modified

Published: 2003-06-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0309

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