CVE-2005-1990 Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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 cert...
MediumCVSS 5.1
EPSS 48.5%
Public exploit
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Public exploit available
Description
Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft ie | = 6-windows_server_2003_sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.01 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft internet explorer | = 5.5 | No fix listed |
References
- 16373 patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 1014643 vdb-entry
- VU#959049 third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- 14511 vdb-entry
- TA05-221A patch third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- ADV-2005-1353 vdb-entry
- MS05-038 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100082 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1061 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1221 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1235 signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1337 signature vdb-entry