CVE-2004-0479

Internet Explorer 6 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0479. PoCs published by Mike Mauler.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Internet Explorer by using the 'window.createPopup()' method to invoke the 'http-equiv' meta tag, causing the browser to crash or become unresponsive.

Description

Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via Javascript that creates a new popup window and disables the imagetoolbar functionality with a META tag, which triggers a null dereference.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mike Mauler · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24119

This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Internet Explorer by using the 'window.createPopup()' method to invoke the 'http-equiv' meta tag, causing the browser to crash or become unresponsive.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Internet Explorer (versions affected by CVE-2004-0479)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage or execute the script in their browser
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021500.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_vuln-dev
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=108476938219070&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_vuln-dev
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=108457938412310&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.2575
EPSS Percentile 97.7%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/ie 6 windows_server_2003_sp1
Published Jul 07, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026