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CVE-2004-0845

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 does not properly cache SSL content, which allows remote attackers to obtain information or spoof content via a web site with the same host name as the target web site, whose content is cached and reused when the user visits the target web site.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Microsoft — IEMicrosoft — Internet Explorer

CWEs

References

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