CVE-2004-0479 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 25.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via Javascript that creates a new popup window and disables the imagetoolbar functionality with a META tag, which triggers a null dereference.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 25.75% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | ie |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - http-equiv Meta Tag Denial of Service | 2004-05-14 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021500.html
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=108457938412310&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=108476938219070&w=2
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021500.html
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=108457938412310&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=108476938219070&w=2
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