CVE-2003-1041

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 52.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a modified directory traversal attack using a URL containing ".." (dot dot) sequences and a filename that ends in "::" which is treated as a .chm file even if it does not have a .chm extension. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2004-0475.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_server_2003_sp1, 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5, 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2, 6.0

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187196
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9320
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14105
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1186
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3514
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A956
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187196
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/348521

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