CVE-2004-2291: Microsoft Ie

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 10.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an embedded script that uses Shell Helper objects and a shortcut (link) to execute the target script.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: version 6.0 only
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.