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Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

8.196%
(94th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2005-3240

GHSA ID

GHSA-6h76-2q8f-58j3

Source code

No known source code

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