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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2005-1790 json

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2005-06-01 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1792

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.5%
EPSS 83.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function, aka "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms05_054_onload)

Exploit prediction

83.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

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.