CVE-2004-1043

Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows XP SP2) - HTML Help Control Local Zone Bypass

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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."

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-11-17 CVE Reserved
2004-12-25 First Exploit
2004-12-31 CVE Published
2023-12-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html	Mailing List
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18311	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1349	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1963	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2830	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3496	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/719	2004-12-25

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-001	2021-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				6.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp2, tablet_pc		Affected