CVE-2003-1041

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a modified directory traversal attack using a URL containing ".." (dot dot) sequences and a filename that ends in "::" which is treated as a .chm file even if it does not have a .chm extension. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2004-0475.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187196US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9320Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14105
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1186
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3514
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A956
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187196US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9320Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14105
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1186
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3514
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A956

Timeline

Published: Jun 14, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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