CVE-2004-2383

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions and capture keyboard events from other domains via an HTML document with Javascript that is outside a frameset that includes the target domain, then forcing the frameset to maintain focus. NOTE: the discloser claimed that the vendor does not categorize this as a vulnerability, but it can be used in a spoofing scenario; the discloser provides alternate scenarios. Spoofing scenarios are currently included in CVE.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.5, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2, 6.0

References

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=77&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9761
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15337
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=77&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9761
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15337

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