PT-2005-5505 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2005-4844

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an Internet Explorer crash. This is achieved by creating a COM object of the class associated with the CLSID ApprenticeICW control, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4844

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4844 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803 · Note