CVE-2004-2383: microsoft ie
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-2383 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in microsoft ie. EPSS estimates a 19.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 16-08-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions and capture keyboard events from other domains via an HTML document with Javascript that is outside a frameset that includes the target domain, then forcing the frameset to maintain focus. NOTE: the discloser claimed that the vendor does not categorize this as a vulnerability, but it can be used in a spoofing scenario; the discloser provides alternate scenarios. Spoofing scenarios are currently included in CVE.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
19.97%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 19.97% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Cross-Domain Event Leakage
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft2 products
- ie6.0:sp1
- internet_explorer5.5 | 5.5:sp1 | 5.5:sp2 | 6.0
1 vendor · 2 products
References
3 links- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=77&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=falseThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource IDEFENSE