CVE-2005-4844

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Score
15.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C
Published: December 31, 2005 (7439 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The CLSID_ApprenticeICW control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

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