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CVE-2003-0519

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Certain versions of Internet Explorer 5 and 6, in certain Windows environments, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (freeze) via a URL to C:\aux (MS-DOS device name) and possibly other devices.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0, 6.0

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006286.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006286.html

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