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CVE-2005-0054
Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof a less restrictive security zone and execute arbitrary code via an HTML page containing URLs that contain hostnames that have been double hex encoded, which are decoded twice to generate a malicious hostname, aka the "URL Decoding Zone Spoofing Vulnerability."
Published: May 2, 2005
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (3)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | ie | 6 |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.01 |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xx2h-39g7-5x2c
Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof a less restrictive security...
References (20)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796851002781&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580299 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html Patch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-014
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19214
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1308
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1736
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3060
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3196
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3586
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110796851002781&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580299 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html Patch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-014
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19214
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
5.1 / 10
EPSS Score
24.31%
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
27.7 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub