{"cve":"CVE-2005-3240","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:16:33.443","status":"Modified","description":"Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx","http://secunia.com/advisories/18787","http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049","http://www.osvdb.org/2707","http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.html"],"products":["microsoft:ie","microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-3240","score":0.05549,"percentile":0.9284,"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."]}