CVE-2005-3240

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.

• CWE-362

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18787Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049
• http://www.osvdb.org/2707
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16352
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18787Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049
• http://www.osvdb.org/2707
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16352
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648

Published

Dec 31, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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