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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-3240

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder…

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 5.55%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.

CVSS 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
5.55% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
microsoft/ie · microsoft/internet explorer
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.