CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4841

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Outlook Progress Ctl control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves the possibility of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on Internet Explorer, which can disrupt user operations and affect service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply appropriate security patches from the vendor and consider disabling or restricting the use of the Outlook Progress Ctl control in the Internet Explorer environment.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Outlook Progress Ctl control allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by creating a COM object of the class associated with the control's CLSID, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS