Internet Explorer 6.x allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via mousedown events that call the Popup.show method and use dra
Internet Explorer 6.x allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via mousedown events that call the Popup.show method and use drag-and-drop actions in a popup window, aka "HijackClick 3" and the "Script in Image Tag File Download Vulnerability."
- Published
- Dec 23, 2004
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 48.7% · 99th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 15 / 30 · 48.7%
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 |
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
Same product
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- CVE-2004-0842Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash 47Plan
- CVE-2004-0839Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via a 30Monitor
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
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2004-07-12 |
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.
- First PoC-164 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+7952 d
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
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0498.html
- secunia.com/advisories/12048
- securitytracker.com/id?1010679
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/413886
- www.osvdb.org/7774
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/368666
- 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/16675
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2611
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4363
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5620
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6031
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6048
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8077
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.