cve/2003/CVE-2003-1041.md

### [CVE-2003-1041](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1041)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-023
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A956

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.