CVE-2004-0844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) systems allows remote attackers to alter displayed address bars and spoof web pages via a URL containing special characters, facilitating phishing attacks, aka the "Address Bar Spoofing on Double Byte Character Set Systems Vulnerability."

Published: 2004-10-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 66.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.66746.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178042025729&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110174346717733&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/431576
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17651
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17652
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2448
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8127

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-10-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.484Z

Reserved: 2004-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0844

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-11-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0844

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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