CVE-2005-1790
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 83.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function, aka "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- MS05-054 Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms05_054_onloadRank normaldisclosed 21 Nov 2005
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution (MS05-054) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18365remote, windowspublished 14 Jan 2012Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.5% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 18064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15546 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 13799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#887861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20050528 Microsoft Internet Explorer - Crash on JavaScript "window()"-calling (05/28/2005) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20051121 Computer Terrorism Security Advisory (Reclassification) - Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript Window() Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA05-347A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS05-054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20050530 Re: Microsoft Internet Explorer - Crash on JavaScript "window()"-calling (05/28/2005) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/ct21-11-2005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1299 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2867 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1015251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2005-1792 (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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