CVE-2003-0519

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
7.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 8% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: August 18, 2003 (8305 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Certain versions of Internet Explorer 5 and 6, in certain Windows environments, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (freeze) via a URL to C:\aux (MS-DOS device name) and possibly other devices.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

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