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CVE-2004-0839

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 34.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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".

Affected products

• Avaya Definity One Media Server: all versions
• Avaya Ip600 Media Servers: all versions
• Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server: 1.1, 2.0
• Avaya S3400: all versions
• Avaya S8100: all versions
• Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.0.1-sp3, 5.0.1-sp4, 5.5 (+3)
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions
• Nortel Ip Softphone 2050: all versions
• Nortel Mobile Voice Client 2050: all versions
• Nortel Optivity Telephony Manager: all versions
• Nortel Symposium Web Centre Portal: all versions
• Nortel Symposium Web Client: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109303291513335&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109336221826652&w=2
• http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2004/Aug/0868.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/526089
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10973
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17044
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1563
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3773
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4152

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