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CVSSv2

CVE-2004-1043

Published: 31/12/2004 Updated: 23/07/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 505
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote malicious users 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."

Vulnerability Trend

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microsoft internet explorer 6.0

microsoft windows xp

Exploits

// sp2rchtm // <OBJECT id="localpage" type="application/x-oleobject" classid="clsid:adb880a6-d8ff-11cf-9377-00aa003b7a11" height=7% style="position:absolute;top:140;left:72;z-index:100;" codebase="hhctrlocx#Version=5,2,3790,1194" width="7%"> <PARAM name="Command" value="Related Topics, MENU"> <PARAM name="Button" value="Text:J ...
Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Help Control version 474 local zone bypass exploit Proof of concept code for an ancient vulnerability ...