01 Record
CVE-2004-0216
Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious website or HTML email with a long .CAB file
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Integer overflow in the Install Engine (inseng.dll) for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious website or HTML email with a long .CAB file
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 48.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-10-16 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-03-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9b2208dbe3f15f96200836f97e082253958ada276988d1e19558b75f5d1ce33e
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5316https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5316
- www.ngssoftware.comhttp://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/msinsengfull.txt
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#637760http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/637760
- docs.microsoft.comMS04-038https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-038
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-installenginectl-setciffile-bo(17620)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17620
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7865https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7865
- www.us-cert.govTA04-293Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-293A.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-ms04038-patch(17651)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17651
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7717https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7717
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6100https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6100
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6600https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6600
- marc.info20050119 Microsoft Internet Explorer Install Engine Control Buffer Overflow (#NISR19012005a)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110616383332055&w=2
- marc.info20041012 Microsoft Internet Explorer Install Engine Control Buffer Overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109760693512754&w=2
- marc.info20050119 Microsoft Internet Explorer Install Engine Control Buffer Overflow (#NISR19012005a)http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=110619893620517&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5329https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5329