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high 7.5

CVE-2003-1041 in the critical feed json

Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a modified directory traversal attack using a URL c…

published 2004-05-20 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-1031

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
52.6%
EPSS 52.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23504)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

52.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23504 Microsoft Windows XP/2000 - showHelp '.CHM' File Execution (MS03-004) dos, 2003-12-30
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9320 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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