CVE-2004-1043 (GCVE-0-2004-1043)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-12-31 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Date Public
2004-12-25 00:00
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