Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2005-1790
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function, aka "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.835 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.835 · newest: 0.835 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6.0.2800.1106, 6.0.2900.2180
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/18064 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/15546 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1508 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1489 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13799 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887861 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417326/30/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-1790?
- CVE-2005-1790 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under CWE-399. Published 2005-06-01.
- Is CVE-2005-1790 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.