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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.507Z

Reserved: 2004-11-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1043

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:49:58.137

Link: CVE-2004-1043

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