CVE-2004-0549

Critical

Description

The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Local Security context by using the showModalDialog method and modifying the location to execute code such as Javascript, as demonstrated using (1) delayed HTTP redirect operations, and an HTTP response with a Location: header containing a "URL:" prepended to a "ms-its" protocol URI, or (2) modifying the location attribute of the window, as exploited by the Download.ject (aka Scob aka Toofer) using the ADODB.Stream object.

SeverityCritical

CVSS10.0

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Internet Explorer

PublishedAug 6, 2004

First seenAug 6, 2004

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-025

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft internet_explorer	No range specified, 5.01, 5.5, 6.0	—

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