CVE-2004-0549
The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 61.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Local Security context by using the showModalDialog method and modifying the location to execute code such as Javascript, as demonstrated using (1) delayed HTTP redirect operations, and an HTTP response with a Location: header containing a "URL:" prepended to a "ms-its" protocol URI, or (2) modifying the location attribute of the window, as exploited by the Download.ject (aka Scob aka Toofer) using the ADODB.Stream object.
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 - Remote Wscript.Shell (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 316remote, windowspublished 13 Jul 2004Verified
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Timeline
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- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.1% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- TA04-184A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ie-location-restriction-bypass(16348) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://62.131.86.111/analysis.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA04-163A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#713878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20040621 IE/0DAY -> Insider Prototype (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040602 180 Solutions Exploits and Toolbars Hacking Patched Users(I.E Exploits) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://umbrella.name/originalvuln/msie/InsiderPrototype/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS04-025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- TA04-212A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20040628 JS.Scob.Trojan Source Code ... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040606 Internet explorer 6 execution of arbitrary code (An analysis of the 180 Solutions Trojan) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:241 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2004-0548 (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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