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CVE-2003-0532

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0532 is a critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1, where the browser fails to correctly identify object types returned by web servers. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user's system by leveraging an object tag with a data parameter pointing to a malicious file served with an unsafe Content-Type. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it represents a high-severity risk, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries exist, and there's minimal community discussion or media coverage, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100 indicates significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2296 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0084.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-032
eeye.com / html/Research/Advisories/AD20030820.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/865940
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource