CVE-2003-0532

critical

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1 does not properly determine object types that are returned by web servers, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an object tag with a data parameter to a malicious file hosted on a server that returns an unsafe Content-Type, aka the "Object Type" vulnerability.

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-032

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/865940

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030820.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106149026621753&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-08-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.24337