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CVE-2004-0843

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0843 describes a plug-in navigation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6, allowing remote attackers to spoof web pages by altering the displayed address bar. This flaw could facilitate phishing attacks. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, potentially leading to information integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness despite its age.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
33.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3379 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17651
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17655
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2487
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2537
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3949
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6313
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7095
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7194
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/625616
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource