VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2004-1686
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability10.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-09-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar prompt for ActiveX and Javascript via an XHTML page that contains an Internet Explorer formatted comment between the DOCTYPE tag and the HTML tag, as demonstrated using the DesignScience MathPlayer ActiveX plugin.