MEDIUM
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window
Published Feb 14, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.55%
Description
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6.0
- 5.01
- 5.01
- 5.01
- 5.01
- 5.01
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.55% 0.05549
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05549
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.55% (0.05549) | 92.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.64% (0.05638) | 91.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.16% (0.11156) | 89.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.42% (0.09421) | 91.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.24% (0.13240) | 93.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.57% (0.09571) | 94.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 8.20% (0.08196) | 94.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 8.79% (0.08785) | 94.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 5, 2024 | 8.17% (0.08173) | 93.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 7.58% (0.07584) | 93.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 6.91% (0.06905) | 93.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 5.69% (0.05689) | 92.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2023 | 5.27% (0.05267) | 91.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 4.89% (0.04890) | 91.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.40% (0.06400) | 92.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 27.14% (0.27138) | 97.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 27.14% (0.27138) | 95.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/2707 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16352 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18787 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/2707 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16352 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 17, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3240
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a