Detections
Analytics
CVE-2004-1043
high
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."
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3496
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2830
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1963
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1349
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18311
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-001
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html