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CVE-2003-0809
Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly handle object tags returned from a Web server during XML data binding, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 27.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly handle object tags returned from a Web server during XML data binding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML e-mail message or web page.
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)
- 27.3% · top 1.9% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 8565 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ie-xmlobject-code-execution(13300) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS03-040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 7887 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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 .