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    CVE-2005-0553

    Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

    Published:Apr 13, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 13, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.72325
    CVSS Score:5.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Ie
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25386

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2011-2382 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and earlier, and Internet Explorer 9 beta, does not properly restrict cross-zone…
    CVE-2011-2383 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and earlier does not properly restrict cross-zone drag-and-drop actions, which a…
    CVE-2010-1260 (CVSS 7.5) — The IE8 Developer Toolbar in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 SP1, SP2, and SP3 allows user-assisted remote attac…
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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14922/
    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774338
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-020
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19831
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1695
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3100
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3752
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4874
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4985

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High