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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1186 Version: 8  Last Modified: 2011-04-26
Title: IE .chm Directory Traversal Windows XP Vulnerability
Description: Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a modified directory traversal attack using a URL containing ".." (dot dot) sequences and a filename that ends in "::" which is treated as a .chm file even if it does not have a .chm extension. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2004-0475.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2003-1041
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP Product(s): HTML Help Facility
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