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CVE-2005-4089

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4089 describes a cross-domain information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Attackers could bypass security restrictions by using the @import directive to download non-CSS files from other domains, potentially revealing sensitive data, as demonstrated with Google Desktop. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, this vulnerability allowed remote attackers to achieve complete confidentiality impact with medium attack complexity. Despite its high severity, 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
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

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2208 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
secunia.com / advisories/17564
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1556
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1800
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1838
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1914
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1977
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1985
hacker.co.il / security/ie/css_import.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/15660
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2804
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2319
Vendor Advisory