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CVE-2005-4089

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Published: Dec 8, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-264

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (3)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-27m5-g4hr-5cg5

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.1 / 10
EPSS Score 22.08%

Top 3% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 35 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub