CVE-2004-1166

Exp

CRLF injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary FTP commands via an ftp:// URL that contains a URL-encoded newline ("%0a") before the FTP command, which causes the commands to be inserted into the resulting FTP session, as demonstrated using a PORT command.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1166 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.16%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1166

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24800 exploit_db edb 2004-12-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1166

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 66.09% 39.16% -26.93%
2 2025-09-14 75.21% 66.09% -9.12%
3 2025-03-30 75.21%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1166

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1166

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1166

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1166

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110253463305359&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13404 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29346 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012444
http://www.osvdb.org/12299
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0032.jsp
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489500/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11826 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28208
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0870 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18384
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A462
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