7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0309

Published: 09/06/2003 Updated: 23/07/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 755
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote malicious users 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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microsoft internet explorer 6.0.2800

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/7539/info Internet Explorer is reported to be vulnerable to a zone bypass issue Allegedly, if Internet Explorer attempts to open a web page containing numerous 'file://' requests each contained in a separate Iframe, the requested file will eventually be executed in the Local Computer zone github ...