CVE-2004-0839
Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via…
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- mitre
Description
Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote attackers to install arbitrary programs via a web page that uses certain styles and the AnchorClick behavior, popup windows, and drag-and-drop capabilities to drop the program in the local startup folder, as demonstrated by "wottapoop.html".
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.0% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 10973 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040824 What A Drag! -revisited- (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MS04-038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040818 What A Drag II XP SP2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040818 What A Drag II XP SP2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA04-293A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#526089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ie-dragdrop-code-execution(17044) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1563 (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)
- 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-2004-0839)Record last updated .