Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1…

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; and possibly 7 on Windows Vista does not properly "instantiate certain COM objects as ActiveX controls," which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COM object from chtskdic.dll.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

32.2% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• HPSBST02214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 34399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• ie-chtskdic-com-code-execution(33252) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1018019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MS07-027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 23769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA07-128A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:34 UTC.