Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie

CVE-2004-0526

Unknown versions of Internet Explorer and Outlook allow remote attackers to spoof a legitimate URL in the status bar via A HREF tags with modified "alt" values that point to the legitimate site, combined with an image map whose href points to the malicious site, which facilitates a "phishing" attack.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.188 (97.3th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2004-0526: rose from 0.172 to 0.188.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.172 · newest: 0.188 · change: +0.016

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-0526?
CVE-2004-0526 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Ie. Published 2004-08-06.
Is CVE-2004-0526 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.