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CVE-2004-0549

10.0
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
69.05%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Local Security context by using the showModalDialog method and modifying the location to execute code such as Javascript, as demonstrated using (1) delayed HTTP redirect operations, and an HTTP response with a Location: header containing a "URL:" prepended to a "ms-its" protocol URI, or (2) modifying the location attribute of the window, as exploited by the Download.ject (aka Scob aka Toofer) using the ADODB.Stream object.

Published: 8/6/2004
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

10

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

69.05%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 69.05% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other