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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-0053 in the critical feed json

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via drag and drop events, aka the "Drag-and-Drop Vulne…

published 2005-02-08 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0054

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
59.8%
EPSS 59.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via drag and drop events, aka the "Drag-and-Drop Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-24693)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

59.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24693 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x - Valid File Drag and Drop Embedded Code (MS04-038) remote, 2004-10-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11466 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.