7.5high
CVE-2004-2291in critical feed1 exploit
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an embedded script that uses Shell He…
Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.8%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an embedded script that uses Shell Helper objects and a shortcut (link) to execute the target script.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
11.77% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-310 Microsoft Internet Explorer - Remote Application.Shell · remote · 2004-07-09
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/9335 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /archive/1/348688 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2004-2291
- NVD: CVE-2004-2291
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