CVE-2004-0844

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6 on Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) systems allows remote attackers to alter displayed address bars and spoof web pages via a URL containing special characters, facilitating phishing attacks, aka the "Address Bar Spoofing on Double Byte Character Set Systems Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_server_2003_sp1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178042025729&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110174346717733&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/431576
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/17651
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17652
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2448
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8127
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110178042025729&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110174346717733&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/431576

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