CVE-2003-1041 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2003-1041
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/14105 OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval3514.html http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval956.html http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval1943.html http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval1186.html MS http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-023.asp CERT-VN 187196 CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521 BID 9320

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