CVE-2003-0116

no score yetEPSS 25%

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly check the Cascading Style Sheet input parameter for Modal dialogs, which allows remote attackers to read files on the local system via a web page containing script that creates a dialog and then accesses the target files, aka "Modal Dialog script execution."

EPSS: 25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2003-05-12
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:ie
microsoft:internet_explorer

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/244729
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301945
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6306
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-015
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/244729

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