CVE-2005-1990

Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'blnmgr.dll' COM Object Remote (MS05-038)

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not ActiveX controls, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.

NSFocus Security Team discovered a security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. By crafting a malicious HTML page and alluring users to visit it, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privilege of the user. Internet Explorer does not properly call interface arguments when instantiating COM component in devenum.dll, resulting in exceptional memory access which might cause IE to crash. Carefully crafted HTML page might allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Affected are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-06-17 CVE Reserved
2005-08-09 First Exploit
2005-08-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014643	Vdb Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14511	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1353	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100082	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1061	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1221	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1235	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1337	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/39225	2005-08-12
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1144	2005-08-09

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/16373	2021-07-23
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html	2021-07-23

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-038	2021-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				6 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "6"		windows_server_2003_sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.01 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.01"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.5 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.5"		-		Affected