CVE-2003-0816

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions by (1) using the NavigateAndFind method to load a file: URL containing Javascript, as demonstrated by NAFfileJPU, (2) using the window.open method to load a file: URL containing Javascript, as demonstrated using WsOpenFileJPU, (3) setting the href property in the base tag for the _search window, as demonstrated using WsBASEjpu, (4) loading the search window into an Iframe, as demonstrated using WsFakeSrc, (5) caching a javascript: URL in the browser history, then accessing that URL in the same frame as the target domain, as demonstrated using WsOpenJpuInHistory, NAFjpuInHistory, BackMyParent, BackMyParent2, and RefBack, aka the "Script URLs Cross Domain" vulnerability.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Liu Die Yu & Jelmer · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23131
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Liu Die Yu · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23790

References (30)

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Scores

EPSS 0.6722
EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie 6.0 sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0.1 (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0
Published Feb 03, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026