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medium 4.3

CVE-2003-1505 json

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a web page or HTML e-mail with a t…

published 2003-12-31 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-1495

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.9%
EPSS 12.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a web page or HTML e-mail with a textarea in a div element whose scrollbar-base-color is modified by a CSS style, which is then moved.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23273)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23273 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Scrollbar-Base-Color Partial Denial of Service dos, 2003-10-22
  • securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3295 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8874 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342010 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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