CVE-2001-1410
Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to create chromeless windows using the Javascript window.createPopup method, which…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 50.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to create chromeless windows using the Javascript window.createPopup method, which could allow attackers to simulate a victim's display and conduct unauthorized activities or steal sensitive data via social engineering.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - JavaScript Interface Spoofing (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21127remote, windowspublished 21 Oct 2001Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 50.5% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20030713 IE chromeless window vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-javascript-spoof-dialog(7313) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030715 Internet Explorer Full-Screen mode threats (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.systemintegra.com/ie-fullscreen/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#490708 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20011021 Javascript in IE may spoof the whole screen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.guninski.com/popspoof.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.doxdesk.com/personal/posts/bugtraq/20030713-ie/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-1390 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2001-1410)Record last updated .