PT-2005-4054 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2005-3240

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 Microsoft Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description A race condition issue allows attackers to potentially overwrite arbitrary files and execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects and then re-focusing to a malicious window.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3240

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• http://securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18787 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3240 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16352 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/2707 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648 · Note
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx · Note