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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-4844

The CLSID_ApprenticeICW control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 12.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The CLSID_ApprenticeICW control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

CVSS 2.0
7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
12.42% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
cve@mitre.org

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