CVE-2005-3240
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2005-3240- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-3240- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-3239 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2005-3239- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6h76-2q8f-58j3 No score
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6h76-2q8f-58j3- Weakness
- CWE-362
- 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-2005-3240 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Microsoft Ie, published December 31, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.55%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.