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CVE-2004-1686

N/A
Published: February 20, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorIeInternet Explorer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

Description

Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript via an XHTML page that contains an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag, as demonstrated using the DesignScience MathPlayer ActiveX plugin.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109539520310153&w=2
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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