CVE-2004-1686
Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-1686- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-1686- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-1680 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2004-1680- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rc47-jfx2-55pr No score
Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Information Bar...
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.
- Record
GHSA-rc47-jfx2-55pr- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2004-1686 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Ie, published September 15, 2004. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.3%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.