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CVE-2003-0446 (GCVE-0-2003-0446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-06-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:50
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, possibly in a component that is also used by other Microsoft products, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script via an XML file that contains a parse error, which inserts the script in the resulting error message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7938 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2003-06-17 00:00
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