CVE-2005-2087

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not ActiveX controls, as demonstrated using the JVIEW Profiler (Javaprxy.dll). NOTE: the researcher says that the vendor could not reproduce this problem.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

61.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2005-06-30

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404055

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1079

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/15891
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0935
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939605
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14087
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-037

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry