CVE-2004-1686 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript via an XHTML page that contains an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag, as demonstrated using the DesignScience MathPlayer ActiveX plugin.

Published: 2005-02-20

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 0.10697.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:36.999Z

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1686

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-09-15T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1686

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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