CVE-2003-0838

N/A Unknown
Published: November 17, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7872
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/7872
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
67.1%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft