THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-4269
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4269

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.9%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
mshtml.dll in Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation) by causing mshtml.dll to process button-focus events at the same time that a document is reloading, as seen in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 by repeatedly clicking the "Delete" button in a repeating section in a form. NOTE: the normal operation of InfoPath appears to involve a local user without any privilege boundaries, so this might not be a vulnerability in InfoPath. If no realistic scenarios exist for this problem in other products, then perhaps it should be excluded from CVE.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2005-12-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4269

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4269.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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