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CVE-2003-0816

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0816 describes multiple methods by which remote attackers could bypass zone restrictions in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and earlier. This vulnerability allowed malicious JavaScript to execute in a different security zone, primarily affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.

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
48.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23790 · Sep 10, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4837 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-048
secunia.com / advisories/10192
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A361
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A362
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A363
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A409
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A416
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A459
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A479
derkeiler.com / Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2003-09/0146.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/652452
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/771604
US Government Resource
safecenter.net / liudieyu/BackMyParent2/BackMyParent2-Content.HTM
safecenter.net / liudieyu/BackMyParent/BackMyParent-content.htm
safecenter.net / liudieyu/NAFjpuInHistory/NAFjpuInHistory-Content.HTM
safecenter.net / liudieyu/RefBack/RefBack-Content.HTM
safecenter.net / liudieyu/WsBASEjpu/WsBASEjpu-Content.HTM
safecenter.net / liudieyu/WsFakeSrc/WsFakeSrc-Content.HTM
safecenter.net / liudieyu/WsOpenJpuInHistory/WsOpenJpuInHistory-Content.HTM
safecenter.net / UMBRELLAWEBV4/NAFfileJPU/NAFfileJPU-Content.htm
safecenter.net / UMBRELLAWEBV4/WsOpenFileJPU/WsOpenFileJPU-Content.HTM
securityfocus.com / archive/1/336937
securityfocus.com / archive/1/337086