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CVE-2003-0809

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly handle object tags returned from a Web server during XML data binding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML e-mail message or web page.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.0.1-sp3, 5.5, 5.5-sp1 (+2)

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/7887
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8565
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13300
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A123
• http://www.osvdb.org/7887
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8565
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-040
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13300
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A123

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