Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.450 (98.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.450 · newest: 0.450 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1349 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1963 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18311 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2830 (signature, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-001 (vendor-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3496 (signature, vdb-entry)