CVE-2003-1041 Information

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.

Reference

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187196 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9320 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-023 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14105 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1186 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1943 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A3514 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A956