Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-1686
CVE-2004-1686
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.
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11200nvdVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20617nvd
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