CVE-2004-1043

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.0

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

74.501

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234