CVE-2005-0056

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 does not properly validate certain URLs in Channel Definition Format (CDF) files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code, aka the "Channel Definition Format (CDF) Cross Domain Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: May 2, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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