CVE-2004-0727: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 39.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and other versions including 5.01 and 5.5, allows remote web servers to bypass zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code in the local computer zone by redirecting a function to another function with the same name, as demonstrated by SimilarMethodNameRedir, aka the "Similar Method Name Redirection Cross Domain Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6.0.2800.1106 only

Published 2004-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.