CVE-2003-0701

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-0701. PoCs published by malware.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This VBScript exploit generates a malicious executable file named 'malware.exe' by decoding and assembling hexadecimal byte sequences. It then executes the file, likely exploiting a vulnerability in the target system.

Description

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 for certain languages that support double-byte encodings (e.g., Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Type property of an Object tag, a variant of CVE-2003-0344.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by malware · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/83

This VBScript exploit generates a malicious executable file named 'malware.exe' by decoding and assembling hexadecimal byte sequences. It then executes the file, likely exploiting a vulnerability in the target system.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Unknown (likely a Windows-based system vulnerable to CVE-2003-0701)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the HTML file in a vulnerable environment
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/334928
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12970
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106148101210479&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.2838
EPSS Percentile 97.9%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie 6.0
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0
Published Aug 27, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026