National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0532
Original release date:08/27/2003
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1 does not properly determine object types that are returned by web servers, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an object tag with a data parameter to a malicious file hosted on a server that returns an unsafe Content-Type, aka the "Object Type" vulnerability.
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:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#865940
Name: VU#865940
Type: Advisory
External Source: MS
Name: MS03-032
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030820.html
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030820 EEYE: Internet Explorer Object Data Remote Execution Vulnerability
Type: Advisory
External Source: VULNWATCH
Name: 20030820 EEYE: Internet Explorer Object Data Remote Execution Vulnerability
Type: Advisory
