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CVE-2005-1790

74
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1790 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier versions, allowing remote attackers to achieve denial of service and arbitrary code execution. This flaw, dubbed "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability," is triggered by a JavaScript BODY onload event that improperly calls the window function. With a CVSS score of 2.6 and an EPSS score of 0.8164, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, this vulnerability poses a significant risk. Exploit code, including a Metasploit module (MS05-054), is publicly available, though there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.2800.1106CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800.1106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2900.2180CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
83.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MS05-054 Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution · Nov 21, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-18365 · Jan 14, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8347 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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
marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054
secunia.com / advisories/15368
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/15546
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18064
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18311
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1091
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1299
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1303
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1489
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1508
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A722
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf
www130.nortelnetworks.com / cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp
computerterrorism.com / research/ie/ct21-11-2005
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/887861
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/417326/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/13799
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2509
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2867
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2909
Vendor Advisory