CVE-2004-1166 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 39.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary FTP commands via an ftp:// URL that contains a URL-encoded newline ("%0a") before the FTP command, which causes the commands to be inserted into the resulting FTP session, as demonstrated using a PORT command.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 39.17% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | ie |
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - FTP URI Arbitrary FTP Server Command Execution | 2004-12-06 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110253463305359&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29346
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012444
- http://www.osvdb.org/12299
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0032.jsp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489500/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11826
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28208
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0870
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18384
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A462
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110253463305359&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29346
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012444
- http://www.osvdb.org/12299
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0032.jsp
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