CVE-2003-0838 Information

Description

Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions to inject and execute arbitrary programs by creating a popup window and inserting ActiveX object code with a \data\ tag pointing to the malicious code which Internet Explorer treats as HTML or Javascript but later executes as an HTA application a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0532 and as exploited using the QHosts Trojan horse (aka Trojan.Qhosts QHosts-1 VBS.QHOSTS or aolfix.exe).

Reference

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/009639.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304733121753&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106304876523459&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106302799428500&w=2 http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0310&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2169 http://www.osvdb.org/7872 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8556 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13314 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A204