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CVE-2004-1166

56
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1166 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary FTP commands by injecting URL-encoded newline characters into an ftp:// URL, effectively inserting commands into the FTP session. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing for potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-24800 · Dec 6, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3916 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
secunia.com / advisories/13404
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29346
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18384
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A462
osvdb.org / 12299
rapid7.com / advisories/R7-0032.jsp
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489500/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/11826
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/28208
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3212
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0870
Vendor Advisory