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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

10
  • Microsoft/Ie
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer9 versions
    cpe: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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