CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0420

10.0 HIGH Published 2004-07-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-07-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft ie 6.0 • microsoft internet explorer 6.0 • microsoft internet explorer 6.0.2800.1106

References