{"cve":"CVE-2004-0420","nvd":{"published":"2004-07-07T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:05:36.490","status":"Modified","description":"The Windows Shell application in Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the type of a file via a CLSID specifier in the filename, as demonstrated using Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows XP.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/10736/","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106324","http://www.security-express.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-01/0300.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/351379","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9510"],"products":["microsoft:ie","microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:37:11.487553034+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-0420","score":0.46012,"percentile":0.98808,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}