CVE-2005-1790

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function, aka "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2005-06-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1790 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.64%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.85% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2005-1790

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18365 exploit_db edb 2012-01-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1790

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 2025-11-15 78.79% 81.64% +2.85%
2 2025-10-05 84.75% 78.79% -5.96%
3 2025-03-30 84.75%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1790

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1790

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1790

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2800.1106 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800.1106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0.2900.2180 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1790

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111746394106172&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755552306013&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15368 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15546 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18064 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18311 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015251
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/ct21-11-2005
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887861 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417326/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13799
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2509 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2867 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2909 Vendor Advisory
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375420
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-054
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1091
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1299
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1303
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1489
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1508
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A722
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