CVE-2003-1505

Internet Explorer 6.0 - Denial of Service via CSS Scrollbar Style Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-1505. PoCs published by Andreas Boeckler.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 by manipulating the scrollbar-base-color attribute of a div object, causing the browser to crash when the page is loaded.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a web page or HTML e-mail with a textarea in a div element whose scrollbar-base-color is modified by a CSS style, which is then moved.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Andreas Boeckler · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23273

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 by manipulating the scrollbar-base-color attribute of a div object, causing the browser to crash when the page is loaded.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 6.0
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3295
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8874
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342010
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13809

Scores

EPSS 0.1286
EPSS Percentile 95.8%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6
Published Dec 31, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026