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CVE-2005-4842
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2007-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
The System Monitor Source Properties control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.
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