CVE-2003-0116

medium

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly check the Cascading Style Sheet input parameter for Modal dialogs, which allows remote attackers to read files on the local system via a web page containing script that creates a dialog and then accesses the target files, aka "Modal Dialog script execution."

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-015

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301945

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/244729

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-05-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.25468