Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0054
CVE-2005-0054
Description
Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof a less restrictive security zone and execute arbitrary code via an HTML page containing URLs that contain hostnames that have been double hex encoded, which are decoded twice to generate a malicious hostname, aka the "URL Decoding Zone Spoofing Vulnerability."
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.01, 5.5, 6
Patches
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References
10- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/580299nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.htmlnvdPatchUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-014nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19214nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1308nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1736nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3060nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3196nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3586nvd
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