Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via a
Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via a web page that uses certain styles and the AnchorClick behavior, popup windows, and drag-and-drop capabilities to drop the program in the local startup folder, as demonstrated by "wottapoop.html".
- Published
- Aug 18, 2004
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 34.0% · 98th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 10 / 30 · 34.0%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| avaya | ip600 media servers | cpe:2.3:a:avaya:ip600_media_servers |
| avaya | definity one media server | cpe:2.3:h:avaya:definity_one_media_server |
| avaya | s3400 | cpe:2.3:h:avaya:s3400 |
| avaya | s8100 | cpe:2.3:h:avaya:s8100 |
| avaya | modular messaging message storage server | cpe:2.3:o:avaya:modular_messaging_message_storage_server |
| microsoft | ie | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie |
| microsoft | internet explorer | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer |
| nortel | ip softphone 2050 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:ip_softphone_2050 |
| nortel | mobile voice client 2050 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:mobile_voice_client_2050 |
| nortel | optivity telephony manager | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:optivity_telephony_manager |
| nortel | symposium web centre portal | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:symposium_web_centre_portal |
| nortel | symposium web client | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:symposium_web_client |
and 6 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- avaya definity one media serverall versions
- avaya ip600 media serversall versions
- avaya modular messaging message storage server1.1
- avaya modular messaging message storage server2.0
- avaya s3400all versions
- avaya s8100all versions
- microsoft ie6.0
- microsoft internet explorer5.0.1
- microsoft internet explorer5.5
- microsoft internet explorer6.0
- microsoft windows 2000all versions
- microsoft windows 2003 serverenterprise
- microsoft windows 2003 serverenterprise_64-bit
- microsoft windows 2003 serverr2
- microsoft windows 2003 serverstandard
- microsoft windows 2003 serverweb
- microsoft windows 98all versions
- microsoft windows 98seall versions
- microsoft windows meall versions
- microsoft windows xpall versions
Same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109303291513335&w=2
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109336221826652&w=2
- seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2004/Aug/0868.html
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/526089
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17044
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1563
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2073
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3773
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4152
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6272
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7721
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.