$ cve CVE-2005-2087 JSON

CVE-2005-2087 EXPLOIT

5.0

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 61.4% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not ActiveX controls, as demonstrated using the JVIEW Profiler (Javaprxy.dll). NOTE: the researcher says that the vendor could not reproduce this problem.

Scoring

CVSS	5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS	61.37% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-399
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2005-07-05
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (2)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	ie
microsoft	internet explorer

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'javaprxy.dll' COM Object Remote Overflow	2005-07-05

References

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