Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 6.0.2900.2180 and 6.0.2800.1106, and earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function, aka "Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVE-2005-1790
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 83%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 1, 2005
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (48)
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111746394106172&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755552306013&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/15368
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/15546
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/18064
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/18311
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015251
- cve@mitrehttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf
- cve@mitrehttp://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/ct21-11-2005
- cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887861
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417326/30/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13799
- cve@mitrehttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2509
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2867
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-18365✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 14, 2012
Microsoft Internet Explorer - JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution (MS05-054) (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/ms05_054_onload✓ verifiedFirst seen Nov 21, 2005
MS05-054 Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution
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