CVE-2004-1104 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 35.3% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to spoof a legitimate URL in the status bar and conduct a phishing attack via a web page that contains a BASE element that points to the legitimate site, followed by an anchor (a) element with an empty "href" attribute, and a FORM whose action points to a malicious URL, and an INPUT submit element that is modified to look like a legitimate URL.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 35.32% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | ie |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - HTML Form Tags URI Obfuscation | 2004-10-30 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11273
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702086
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379903
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425386/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425883/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11565
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17938
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11273
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702086
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379903
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425386/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425883/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11565
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17938
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