Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0116
CVE-2003-0116
Description
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."
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.01, 5.5, 6.0
Patches
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6306nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/244729nvdUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301945nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-015nvd
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