CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2005-0553
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl5.1
CVSS v2
Description
Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
50.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days
99thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985
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