CVE-2004-2011: msxml3.dll in Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a single & (ampersand) in a <Ref…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 12/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 94.5% of all records.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
msxml3.dll in Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a single & (ampersand) in a <Ref href> link, which triggers a parsing error, possibly due to missing portions of the URI.
- Published
- Dec 31, 2004
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 7.4% · 94th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
12
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 10 / 40 · 2.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 7.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
- microsoft internet explorer6.0.2600
Same product
microsoft: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2010-0249Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 on Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server…KEV93Now
- CVE-2014-0322Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors…KEV91Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2004-1173Dec 31, 2004 · Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker via the document object model (DOM) methods in the DHTML Dynamic…34Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2004-1416Dec 31, 2004 · pnxr3260.dll in the RealOne 2.0 build 6.0.11.868 browser plugin, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2004-2307Dec 31, 2004 · Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2600 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a shell: URI…24Monitor
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
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- High
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
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References
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