CVE-2005-4089
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions...
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2005-4089- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2005-4089- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-4084 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2005-4084- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-27m5-g4hr-5cg5 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions...
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to bypass cross-domain security restrictions and obtain sensitive information by using the @import directive to download files from other domains that are not valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files, as demonstrated using Google Desktop, aka "CSSXSS" and "CSS Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-27m5-g4hr-5cg5- 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-2005-4089 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published December 8, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.1%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/advisories/17564
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1977
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
securitytracker.com/id?1016291
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hacker.co.il/security/ie/css_import.html
securityfocus.com/bid/15660
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4089
github.com/advisories/GHSA-27m5-g4hr-5cg5