CVE-2005-2087

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 61.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not ActiveX controls, as demonstrated using the JVIEW Profiler (Javaprxy.dll). NOTE: the researcher says that the vendor could not reproduce this problem.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 5.1, 5.2.3, 6-windows_server_2003_sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.1, 5.01-sp4, 5.5, 5.5-preview, 5.5-sp1, 5.5-sp2 (+2)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112006764714946&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15891
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014329
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=5225
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939605
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/903144.mspx
http://www.osvdb.org/17680
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404055
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14087
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-193A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0935

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