{
    "id": "CVE-2004-1043",
    "published": "2004-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:06:54",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.44984",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98740",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:14:24",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "internet_explorer"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_xp"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "719",
            "title": "Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows XP SP2) - HTML Help Control Local Zone Bypass",
            "date": "2004-12-25",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/719"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-001",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18311",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1349",
        "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%3A2830",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3496",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-001",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18311",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1349",
        "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%3A2830",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3496"
    ]
}