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 (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."

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

44.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2004-12-31

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/719

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2004-1037
• CVE-2004-1050
• CVE-2004-1029
• CVE-2004-1054
• CVE-2004-1020
• CVE-2004-1060