CVE-2004-2219

Status: ModifiedLow (2.6)—

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar to facilitate phishing attacks via Javascript that uses an invalid URI, modifies the Location field, then uses history.back to navigate to the previous domain, aka NullyFake.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 2.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 8.13%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
Score date: 10/9/2026

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 — IE Microsoft — Internet Explorer

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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