# CVE-2004-2383: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions in Internet Explorer to capture keyboard events from other domains, enabling spoofing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xm8c-6w35-cmxv

## What is CVE-2004-2383?

CVE-2004-2383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 16 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions and capture keyboard events from other domains via an HTML document with Javascript that is outside a frameset that includes the target domain, then forcing the frameset to maintain focus.  NOTE: the discloser claimed that the vendor does not categorize this as a vulnerability, but it can be used in a spoofing scenario; the discloser provides alternate scenarios. Spoofing scenarios are currently included in CVE.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2383?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-2383?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-2383 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2383 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Cross-Domain Event Leakage (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie

- [CVE-2007-0217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0217/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0219/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1186/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0985/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0216/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2383 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-2383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 16 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2383 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Ie. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2383/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2383/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2383
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2383
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2383

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