CVE-2005-2829
Multiple design errors in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1)…
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- microsoft
Description
Multiple design errors in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by (1) overlaying a malicious new window above a file download box, then (2) using a keyboard shortcut and delaying the display of the file download box until the user hits a shortcut that activates the "Run" button, aka "File Download Dialog Box Manipulation Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.6% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- 18064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1340 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 15823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS05-054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20051213 Secunia Research: Internet Explorer Suppressed "Download Dialog"Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-7/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1015349 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2867 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ie-dialog-box-code-execution(23448) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20051213 Secunia Research: Microsoft Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcut Processing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-21/advisory (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 254 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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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