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CVE-2003-0532
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1 does not properly determine object types that are returned by web servers, which could allow…
High7.5EPSS 23.0%
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- mitre
Description
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1 does not properly determine object types that are returned by web servers, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an object tag with a data parameter to a malicious file hosted on a server that returns an unsafe Content-Type, aka the "Object Type" vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.0% · top 2.3% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- VU#865940 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS03-032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030820.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20030820 EEYE: Internet Explorer Object Data Remote Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 20030820 EEYE: Internet Explorer Object Data Remote Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .