cve-2004-1043

HIGH vulncheck_kev
Description

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."

Timeline
Published
2005-01-11 00:00 UTC
Last Modified
2005-01-11
CVSS Details

CVSS details not available.

Affected Products

No product information available.

References

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Linked Vulnerabilities

No linked vulnerabilities found.

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  "cvss": 0.0,
  "datePublished": "2005-01-11T00:00:00Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2005-01-11T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "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.\"",
  "dueDate": "",
  "id": "CVE-2004-1043",
  "kev_catalogs": [
    "vulncheck"
  ],
  "knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
  "product": "Internet Explorer",
  "requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "source": "vulncheck_kev",
  "title": "Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability",
  "vendor": "Microsoft"
}
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