CVE-2004-1043
CVSS Score Not Available
74.50%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
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."
Published: 12/31/2004
Modified: 4/3/2025
Vulnerability Summary
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
74.50%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile
This vulnerability has a 74.50% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.