CVE-2005-0553 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 50.6% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 50.6% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-02 |
| 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 - DHTML Object Race Condition Memory Corruption | 2005-04-12 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
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