VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-1041

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability52.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-06-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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