CVE-2005-1790

Status: ModifiedLow (2.6)—💥 Exploit

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."

CVSS

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 83%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 10/7/2026

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).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · MS05-054 Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Internet Explorer - JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution (MS05-054) (Metasploit) (1/14/2012)

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Internet Explorer

CWEs

CWE-399

References

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