CVE-2004-1173

CVE-2004-1173 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 that allows remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker. This is achieved by leveraging specific Document Object Model (DOM) methods within the DHTML Editing Component (DEC) and JavaScript calls to showModalDialog. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.