{"cve":"CVE-2004-0549","nvd":{"published":"2004-08-06T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:05:51.503","status":"Modified","description":"The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Local Security context by using the showModalDialog method and modifying the location to execute code such as Javascript, as demonstrated using (1) delayed HTTP redirect operations, and an HTTP response with a Location: header containing a \"URL:\" prepended to a \"ms-its\" protocol URI, or (2) modifying the location attribute of the window, as exploited by the Download.ject (aka Scob aka Toofer) using the ADODB.Stream object.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://62.131.86.111/analysis.htm","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0031.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0104.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108786396622284&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108852642021426&w=2"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:37:11.487553034+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-0549","score":0.61057,"percentile":0.99158,"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."]}