CVE-2004-1043

Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "Related Topics" command in the Help ActiveX Control…

published December 31, 2004

CVSS

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EPSS

45%

Percentile

98.8

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "Related Topics" command in the Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) to open a Help popup window containing the PCHealth tools.htm file in the local zone and injecting Javascript to be executed, as demonstrated using "writehta.txt" and the ADODB recordset, which saves a .HTA file to the local system, aka the "HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability."

The record

Technical detail

CVSS: Not scored
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.44984 · 98.8th percentile
Published: 2004-12-31T05:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

31 DEC 05:00Z
Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "Related Topics" command in the Help ActiveX Control…
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