CVE-2004-1686

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript via an XHTML page that contains an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag, as demonstrated using the DesignScience MathPlayer ActiveX plugin.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617

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