CVE-2005-3240

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01, 5.01-sp1, 5.01-sp2, 5.01-sp3, 5.01-sp4, 5.5 (+3)

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/18787
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049
http://www.osvdb.org/2707
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16352
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/18787

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