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CVE-2003-0116
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly check the Cascading Style Sheet input parameter for Modal dialogs, which…
Medium5.0EPSS 25.2%
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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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.2% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20021203 Poisonous Style for Dialog window turns the zone off. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#244729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS03-015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 6306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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