CVE-2005-2127
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 63.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation 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 an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET - 'msdds.dll' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26167remote, windowspublished 17 Aug 2005Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 63.2% · 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 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
28
- VU#959049 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070606 IE 6/Microsoft Html Popup Window (mshtml.dll) DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 72 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA05-347A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS05-052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 15061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 16480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- microsoft-ie-mshtml-dos(34754) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1538 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- Win-msdss-command-execution(21895) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1535 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14594 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1468 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 17509 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#740372 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#898241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1014727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA05-284A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1155 (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-2005-2128 (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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