CVE-2005-1990Not scored

CVE-2005-1990: Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability

Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Internet Explorer · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

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48.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

98th percentile

050100

Higher than 98% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.

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Exploitation: Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Vendor: Microsoft
Published: August 2005
Band: Likely to be exploited (10% or more), August 2005

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