CVE-2004-1686
Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript via an XHTML page that contains an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag, as…
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Description
Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript via an XHTML page that contains an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag, as demonstrated using the DesignScience MathPlayer ActiveX plugin.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 10.27% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/ie
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.