PT-2005-1174 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Jouko Pynnã¶Nen · Published 2005-02-08 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2005-0054

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof a less restrictive security zone and execute arbitrary code via an HTML page containing URLs with double hex encoded hostnames. These hostnames are decoded twice, resulting in the generation of a malicious hostname.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent the execution of arbitrary code.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0054

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html · Patch
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0054 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580299 · Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1736 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796851002781&w=2 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3060 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3196 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3586 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1308 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19214 · Note