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CVE-2003-0309

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass security zone restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via a web document with a large number of duplicate file:// or other requests that point to the program and open multiple file download dialogs, which eventually cause Internet Explorer to execute the program, as demonstrated using a large number of FRAME or IFRAME tags, aka the "File Download Dialog Vulnerability."

Published: Jun 9, 2003 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2800

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vjmg-pv3r-m3hc

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass security zone restrictions...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 49.97%

Top 1% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 45 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub