CVE-2004-2434

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with "::{" (colon colon left brace), which triggers a null dereference when the user attempts to save the link using "Save As" and Internet Explorer prepares an error message with an attacker-controlled format string.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by anonymous · htmldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/376

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (7)

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491

[Exploit] http://www.osvdb.org/8335

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420

Scores

EPSS 0.0862

EPSS Percentile 92.3%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

microsoft/ie

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2004

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026