CVE-2004-0549

EXPLOITED

Internet Explorer 6 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Local Security context by using the showModalDialog method and modifying the location to execute code such as Javascript, as demonstrated using (1) delayed HTTP redirect operations, and an HTTP response with a Location: header containing a "URL:" prepended to a "ms-its" protocol URI, or (2) modifying the location attribute of the window, as exploited by the Download.ject (aka Scob aka Toofer) using the ADODB.Stream object.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ferruh Mavituna · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/316

Scores

EPSS 0.6905
EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2004-07-30
Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0
Published Aug 06, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026