Description
The showHelp function in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP Pro allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local .CHM files via a double backward slash ("\\") before the target CHM file, as demonstrated using an "ms-its" URL to ntshared.chm. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2003-1041.
Published: 2004-05-20
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: 7.5% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0474 The showHelp function in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP Pro allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local .CHM files via a double backward slash ("\\") before the target CHM file, as demonstrated using an "ms-its" URL to ntshared.chm. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2003-1041.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:15.126Z

Reserved: 2004-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0475

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Status : Modified

Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0475

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