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CVE-2005-0054

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0054 is a URL Decoding Zone Spoofing Vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, and 6. It allows remote attackers to spoof a less restrictive security zone and execute arbitrary code by crafting HTML pages with double hex-encoded hostnames in URLs. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2430 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-014
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19214
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1308
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1736
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3060
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3196
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3586
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/580299
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
PatchUS Government Resource