National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0344
Original release date:06/16/2003
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via / (slash) characters in the Type property of an Object tag in a web page.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#679556
Name: VU#679556
External Source: MS
Name: MS03-020
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: EEYE
Name: AD20030604
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 8943
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20030709 IE Object Type Overflow Exploit
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030604 Internet Explorer Object Type Property Overflow
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:922
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:922
Type: Tool Signature