CVE-2005-1790

EXPLOITED

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

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."

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18365
metasploit WORKING POC NORMAL
by Benjamin Tobias Franz, Stuart Pearson, Sam Sharps · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms05_054_onload.rb

References (24)

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Scores

EPSS 0.8164
EPSS Percentile 99.2%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2005-12-13
CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0.2800.1106
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0.2900.2180
Published Jun 01, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026