CVE-2004-2291

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an embedded script that uses Shell Helper objects and a shortcut (link) to execute the target script.

Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an embedded script that uses Shell Helper objects and a shortcut (link) to execute the target script.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:43:00

Affected Software

Microsoft ie 5.5

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 preview

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

6.0

References

20040101 Self-Executing HTML: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Part

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

9335

Exploit

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