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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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/ie
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.