PT-2004-2592 · Design Science+1 · Mathplayer+1

Cyrille Szymanski · Published 2004-09-15 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1686

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer version 6.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript. This can be achieved via an XHTML page containing an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag. An example of exploitation is demonstrated using the DesignScience MathPlayer ActiveX plugin.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer version 6.0, consider disabling the use of ActiveX plugins until a patch is available. Restrict access to potentially malicious XHTML pages to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1686

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Mathplayer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1686 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11200 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2 · Note