THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2003-0116
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0116

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
25.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly check the Cascading Style Sheet input parameter for Modal dialogs, which allows remote attackers to read files on the local system via a web page containing script that creates a dialog and then accesses the target files, aka "Modal Dialog script execution."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2003-05-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 25.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0116

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0116.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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