CVE-2005-0553

Microsoft Internet Explorer <6 - Code Injection

Title source: llm

Description

Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Berend-Jan Wever · textremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25386

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (11)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985

Scores

EPSS 0.7232

EPSS Percentile 98.8%

Details

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/ie 6.0 sp1

microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01 sp3 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5 sp2

microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0

Published May 02, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026