Description
Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass security zone restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via a web document with a large number of duplicate file:// or other requests that point to the program and open multiple file download dialogs, which eventually cause Internet Explorer to execute the program, as demonstrated using a large number of FRAME or IFRAME tags, aka the "File Download Dialog Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - 'file://' Request Zone Bypass EDB-22575 · remote · May 9, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20030508 Flooding Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 (6.x?) security zones ! [CRITICAL] mailing-list
- VU#251788 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:948 vdb-entry signature
- 8807 third-party-advisory
- 20030513 Flooding Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 (6.x?) security zones ! - UPDATED mailing-list
- 7539 vdb-entry
- 20030513 Flooding Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 (6.x?) security zones ! - UPDATED mailing-list
- MS03-020 vendor-advisory
- ie-frame-restrictions-bypass(12019) vdb-entry